Theater and Stagecraft Technique


 * a vista
 * aboard
 * above
 * ace
 * act
 * action
 * actor-proof
 * Actors' Equity Association
 * ad lib
 * anagnorisis
 * applause
 * apple box
 * apron
 * arc follow spot
 * arena theater
 * argentine
 * artist's assistant
 * ashcan
 * aside
 * audience
 * audience dress
 * audit stub
 * audition
 * baby spot
 * backdrop
 * backing light
 * backlight
 * backstage
 * bad laugh
 * balcony
 * balcony box
 * balcony lights
 * balcony operator
 * band call
 * band shell
 * barn doors
 * barnstorm
 * bastard amber
 * batten
 * beam projector
 * beat
 * bedroom farce
 * below
 * bill
 * billboard pass
 * bit
 * black comedy
 * blackface
 * blackout
 * blackout switch
 * blind seat
 * block
 * blocking
 * boards
 * boffo
 * bomb
 * bomb crater
 * bon-bon
 * book
 * border
 * born in a trunk
 * bow
 * box office
 * bravo
 * break a leg
 * business
 * callback
 * cast
 * cast party
 * catharsis
 * cattle call
 * character
 * circuit
 * close
 * cold reading
 * comic relief
 * costume
 * cothurnus
 * coulisse
 * counterweight system
 * cue
 * curtain
 * curtain call
 * curtain raiser
 * curtain warmer
 * cut drop
 * cyclorama
 * dakota
 * dark
 * dark house
 * dead pack
 * debut
 * decor
 * denouement
 * deus ex machina
 * dialogue
 * dim the house
 * dimmer
 * dimmer board
 * dinner theater
 * dog
 * door list
 * double cast
 * downstage
 * drama
 * dramatic structure
 * dramatis personae
 * dramaturgy
 * drapery setting
 * dress a stage
 * dress circle
 * dress extra
 * dress rehearsal
 * dress-room list
 * dresser
 * drop
 * drop curtain
 * drop scene
 * engagement
 * ensemble piece
 * entr'acte
 * epilogue
 * epitasis
 * farce
 * finale
 * first-night list
 * five minutes to curtain
 * flashpot
 * flat
 * flies
 * flood
 * flop
 * fly
 * fly crew
 * fly gallery
 * fly plot
 * footlights
 * forestage
 * fourth wall
 * French scene
 * fright wig
 * front of house
 * front of the house
 * full-dress
 * gallery
 * gel
 * go to table
 * gobo
 * grave
 * grease paint
 * green room
 * ground plan
 * ground row
 * hall
 * hamartia
 * head spot
 * high comedy
 * histrionics
 * hit
 * hit one's mark
 * hit the boards
 * horseshoe staging
 * hot
 * house
 * house seat
 * houselights
 * icebreaker
 * instrument
 * intermezzo
 * intermission
 * intermission bell
 * jack
 * keg light
 * kill
 * klieg light
 * knee play
 * lap dissolve
 * leg drop
 * legitimate theater
 * light bridge
 * light rehearsal
 * light tower
 * lighting board
 * limelight
 * lines
 * live pack
 * live stage
 * lobsterscope
 * loge
 * low comedy
 * lyric theater
 * makeup
 * makeup call
 * marks
 * marquee
 * mask
 * matinee
 * melodrama
 * Method
 * mezzanine
 * mise en scene
 * monologue
 * motley
 * mug
 * Muse
 * no-show
 * noises off
 * number
 * Obie
 * objective
 * obstacle
 * off book
 * off Broadway
 * oleo
 * one sheet
 * one-night stand
 * open
 * open full
 * opening night
 * opry house
 * orchestra
 * orchestra pit
 * overact
 * overture
 * page a curtain
 * pan
 * Pan-Cake
 * paper the house
 * papering the house
 * parados
 * parapet
 * paraskenae
 * parquet
 * parquet circle
 * part
 * parterre
 * pass door
 * passion play
 * patch
 * peanut gallery
 * perch
 * perform
 * performance
 * periactoid
 * peripeteia
 * pigeon
 * pin spot
 * pit
 * platform
 * play to the balcony
 * playbill
 * plot
 * pool hall lighting
 * positions!
 * practical set
 * practicals
 * premiere
 * preparation
 * preview
 * production
 * production number
 * program
 * project
 * prologue
 * prompt
 * prompt box
 * prompt corner
 * prompt script
 * prompter
 * prop
 * property
 * property personnel
 * proscenium
 * protasis
 * quick study
 * raisonneur
 * rake
 * rave
 * rehearsal
 * rehearsal studio
 * repertoire
 * repertory
 * review
 * revolving stage
 * revue
 * rind down the curtain
 * ring up the curtain
 * riser
 * role
 * routine
 * royal box
 * rumble pot
 * run
 * run-through
 * scenario
 * scene
 * scene shop
 * scenery
 * score
 * scrim
 * script
 * sensory
 * set
 * set designer
 * set dressings
 * show
 * show business
 * show-stopper
 * shtick
 * sides
 * sight gag
 * sightline
 * slapstick
 * smash
 * snake
 * soliloquy
 * sotto voce
 * spike marks
 * spot
 * spotlight
 * SRO
 * stage
 * stage direction
 * stage door
 * stage fright
 * stage left
 * stage right
 * stage whisper
 * stagecraft
 * stagehand
 * stagestruck
 * stall
 * standing room
 * steal the show
 * stock scenery
 * strike
 * striplights
 * subtext
 * supertitle
 * swan song
 * tableau
 * tableau curtain
 * teaser
 * tech rehearsal
 * theater
 * theater party
 * theatricality
 * throwaway line
 * thrust stage
 * Tony awards
 * top billing
 * tormentor
 * touring company
 * tragedy
 * trap
 * trapdoor
 * tryout
 * turkey
 * turn
 * twofers
 * typecasting
 * understudy
 * upstage
 * vehicle
 * venue
 * vomitory
 * wagon stage
 * walk-through
 * wardrobe mistress
 * white light district
 * whiteface
 * wings
 * workshop