ENGLIsh 9: Technical Theater Vocabulary

​ENGLISH 9

​Technical Theater Vocabulary

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

A. Personal Props

B. Boom Stand

C. Subwoofer

D. Back Light

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

A. Floor Plan

B. Masking

C. Casters

D. Green Room

3. The book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the pertinent information about the show.

A. Floor Plan

B. Masking

C. Prompt Book

D. Green Room

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

A. Stock Scenery

B. Set Dressing

C. Shot Gun Mic

D. Call Board

5. The right side of the auditorium, from the audience's point of view.

A. Jackknife Platform

B. Wing Space

C. Shot Gun Mic

D. House Right

6. Anything in the house, rather than onstage.

A. Hazer

B. Wing Space

C. Front-of-house

D. House Right

7. A small drapery that runs across the top of the grand drape and hides the hardware thats suspends it.

A. Hazer

B. Wing Space

C. Valence

D. Back Light

8. The backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules and other information posted.

A. Call Board

B. Wing Space

C. Green Room

D. Back Light

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

A. Stock Scenery

B. Boom Stand

C. Green Room

D. Back Light

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

A. Stock Scenery

B. Green Room

C. Douser

D. Caster