Theater Stagecraft Production and Dramatic Structure


 * act
 * action
 * ad lib
 * anagnorisis
 * applause
 * apron
 * aside
 * audience
 * audition
 * backdrop
 * backlight
 * backstage
 * balcony
 * barnstorm
 * beat
 * bill
 * bit
 * blackface
 * blackout
 * blocking
 * boards
 * bomb
 * 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
 * dark
 * debut
 * decor
 * denouement
 * deus ex machina
 * dialogue
 * dimmer
 * dimmer board
 * downstage
 * drama
 * dramatic structure
 * dramaturgy
 * dress circle
 * dress rehearsal
 * drop curtain
 * drop scene
 * engagement
 * ensemble piece
 * entracte
 * epilogue
 * epitasis
 * finale
 * flat
 * flies
 * flop
 * footlights
 * forestage
 * fourth wall
 * French scene
 * fright wig
 * front of house
 * gallery
 * gel
 * gobo
 * grease paint
 * green room
 * ground plan
 * hall
 * hamartia
 * histrionics
 * hit
 * hit ones mark
 * house
 * houselights
 * house seat
 * instrument
 * intermezzo
 * intermission
 * jack
 * knee play
 * leg drop
 * light bridge
 * lighting board
 * limelight
 * lines
 * lobsterscope
 * loge
 * makeup
 * marks
 * marquee
 * mask
 * matinee
 * Method
 * mezzanine
 * mise en scene
 * monologue
 * motley
 * mug
 * Muse
 * no-show
 * number
 * objective
 * obstacle
 * off book
 * one-night stand
 * one sheet
 * open
 * opening night
 * orchestra
 * overact
 * paper the house
 * parados
 * paraskenae
 * parquet circle
 * part
 * parterre
 * patch
 * peanut gallery
 * perform
 * performance
 * periactoid
 * peripeteia
 * pit
 * platform
 * playbill
 * plot
 * premiere
 * preparation
 * preview
 * production
 * program
 * project
 * prologue
 * prompt
 * prompt script
 * prop
 * property
 * proscenium
 * protasis
 * rake
 * rave
 * rehearsal
 * rehearsal studio
 * repertoire
 * repertory
 * review
 * revolving stage
 * rind down the curtain
 * ring up the curtain
 * riser
 * role
 * routine
 * run
 * run-through
 * scenario
 * scene
 * scenery
 * scene shop
 * scrim
 * script
 * sensory
 * set
 * show
 * show business
 * show-stopper
 * shtick
 * sides
 * sight gag
 * sightline
 * slapstick
 * smash
 * soliloquy
 * sotto voce
 * spike marks
 * spotlight
 * SRO
 * stage
 * stagecraft
 * stage direction
 * stage door
 * stage fright
 * stage left
 * stage right
 * stagestruck
 * stage whisper
 * stall
 * standing room
 * steal the show
 * stock scenery
 * strike
 * striplights
 * subtext
 * supertitle
 * swan song
 * tableau
 * tableau curtain
 * teaser
 * tech rehearsal
 * theater
 * theatricality
 * throwaway line
 * thrust stage
 * Tony awards
 * top billing
 * tormentor
 * touring company
 * trap
 * tryout
 * turkey
 * turn
 * twofers
 * typecasting
 * upstage
 * vehicle
 * venue
 * vomitory
 * walk-through
 * whiteface
 * wings
 * workshop