This document contains definitions for various technical theater terms related to stage production. It lists 24 terms and their definitions, and then provides a matching exercise where the reader must match each of 20 terms on the left to its definition on the right. Some of the terms defined include personal props, call board, woofer, greenroom, backlight, cross fader, casters, shotgun mic, boom stand, hazer, stock scenery, subwoofer, front of house, valence, audience blinder, floorplan, prompt book, false proscenium, jackknife platform, and masking.

1. By: HAILEENV. DELACRUZ

2. 1. Anything in the house,
rather than on stage .

3. 2. A speaker
element that
reproduces
the low-end
frequencies.

4.  3.The lever on a
lighting control
console that
simultaneously
dims all the
channels from
one cut to the
next .

5. 4. The diagram showing the placement of
the scenery as viewed from above.

6.  5. The book
compiled by
the stage
manager,
containing all
the pertinent
information
about the
show.

7. 6. A portal
that gives
the set its
own
“picture
frame”

8. 7. A
platform
that
pivots on
one
corner.

9. 8. A bank of small
PAR cans all
mounted in the
same fixture.
Used to create a
bright wash of
light on the
audience.

11.  9. Light coming from
upstage of an actor.

12. 10. Items that
are carried
onstage by
the actor
during the
performance

13.  11. A small
drapery that
runs across the
top of the
grand drape
and hides the
hardware that
suspends it.

14. 12. The
space on the
stage that is
not visible to
the
audience.

15. 13. A device
that creates
a thin mist
of fog
throughout
the stage.

16. 14. A microphone
with a
horizontal
attachment
that can reach
over a keyboard
or other
musical
instrument

17.  15. The
backstage
bulletin board
where
announcement,
schedules, and
other
information is
posted.

18.  16. A
common
area where
performers
wait until it
is time to
go on stage.

19. 17. The right
side of the
auditorium
from the
audience’s
point of view.

20. 18. A speaker
designed to
play very
low, almost
inaudible
frequencies.

21.  19. The
control on a
follow spot
that fades out
the light by
slowly closing
a set of
doors.

22.  20. A
microphone
designed to
pick up
sound only
directly in
front of it.

23.  21. The draperies or flats
that hide backstage from
the audience.

24.  22. The
wheels on a
platform.

25.  23. Flats and
platforms
that are
stored and
used for many
different
productions.

27. 24. Decorations that have no function
on a set, but are merely placed there
to look good .

28. CHOOSE ANDWRITETHE
CORRECTANSWER OFTHE
FOLLOWING STATEMENTSON
YOUR NOTEBOOK.

29. 1. Items that
are carried
onstage by
the actor
during the
performance

30.  2. The backstage
bulletin board
where
announcement,
schedules, and
other
information is
posted.

31. 3. A speaker
element that
reproduces
the low-end
frequencies.

32.  4. A
common
area where
performers
wait until it
is time to
go on stage.

33.  5. Light coming from
upstage of an actor.

34.  6.The lever on a
lighting control
console that
simultaneously
dims all the
channels from
one cut to the
next .

35. 7. The
wheels on a
platform.

36. 8. A
microphone
designed to
pick up
sound only
directly in
front of it.

37. 9. A microphone
with a
horizontal
attachment
that can reach
over a keyboard
or other
musical
instrument

38. 10. A device
that creates
a thin mist
of fog
throughout
the stage.

39.  11. Flats and
platforms
that are
stored and
used for
many
different
productions.

40. 12. A speaker
designed to
play very
low, almost
inaudible
frequencies.

41. 13. Anything in the house,
rather than on stage .

42.  14. A small
drapery that
runs across the
top of the
grand drape
and hides the
hardware that
suspends it.

43. 15. A bank of
small PAR cans
all mounted in
the same
fixture. Used to
create a bright
wash of light on
the audience.

44. 16. The diagram showing the placement
of the scenery as viewed from above.

45.  17. The book
compiled by
the stage
manager,
containing all
the pertinent
information
about the
show.

46. 18. A portal
that gives
the set its
own
“picture
frame”

47. 19. A
platform
that
pivots on
one
corner.

48.  20. The draperies or flats that hide
backstage from the audience.

49. 1. A. PERSONAL PROP
2. D. CALL BOARD
3. D.WOOFER
4. C. GREENROOM
5. B. BACKLIGHT
6. A. CROSS FADER
7. D. CASTERS
8. C. SHOTGUN MIC
9. A. BOOM STAND
10. B. HAZER
11. A. STOCK SCENERY
12. D. SUBWOOFER
13. D. FRONT OF HOUSE
14. C.VALENCE
15. B. AUDIENCE BLINDER
16. A. FLOORPLAN
17. B. PROMPT BOOK
18. C. FALSE PROSCENIUM
19. B. JACKKNIFE
PLATFORM
20. B. MASKING