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Everything you ever wanted to know about theatre tech, but were afraid to ask
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So, you want to know more about
theatre
(or
theater
for americans) tech, do you? Well, you've come to the right place.
People:
Stage Manager
- Overall responsibility for the theatre
Deputy Stage Manager
- Assists the Stage Manager
Stage Crew
- Everyone who works with the stage
Chief Electrician
- Runs the lighting
Lighting Designer
- Designs the lighting
Lighting Operator
- Operates the desk
Lighting Crew
- Everyone who works with the lighting
Sound Engineer
- Runs the sound aspect
Sound Crew
- Everyone who works with the sound
Tech crew
- Everyone
Techies
- Nickname for above
Techie nicknames:
Up Close and Personal
From start to finish:
Get-in
Tech stagger
Tech run
(or
tech stumble
if it goes badly)
Dress run
Performance
Get-out
Areas in the theatre:
Wings
Backstage
Upstage
Downstage
Fly gallery
Flies
Half fly
Proj box
Green room
Orchestra Pit
Front-of-house
Generic:
Fly ropes
Fly height
Flying
Stage:
Sight lines
Smoke machine
Rake
Dutchman
False proscenium
Border
Medallion
Lighting:
Lighting bars
Lighting desk
Wash
Cue
Special
Blackout
Multicore
Dimmer
DMX-512
DMX Reciever
Intelligent Lighting
Followspot
Followspot operator
Theatre Lighting Terminology
The lighting desk:
Fader
Flash button
Go button
Preset
Sound:
Sound desk
Sound reinforcement
Radio mic
Recorded effect
Sound level
Other stuff:
Theatrical superstitions
Actors are frightening
As I write more nodes or find other people's nodes that could be useful, I will add them to this list.
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chaos
actors are frightening
Theatrical superstitions
Up close and personal
tech stagger
DMX-512
tech run
theatre lighting terminology
stage manager
Intelligent Lighting
green room
get-in
false proscenium
Dutchman
Flash button
fly gallery
Go button
techie
Followspot
proj box
get-out
half fly
sight lines
Sound reinforcement
multicore
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