ROLES IN A PLAY

He/she creates the storyline of the play.

• Producer

• Director

• Playwright

• Set Designer

He/she provide the financing and oversee the overall production.

• Producer

• Director

• Playwright

• Set Designer

He/she is tasked to plan out all the dance steps to suit the music and rehearses the actors until they can perform the dance skillfully.

• Technical Director

• Makeup Designer

• Choreographer

• Technical Director

He/she sets up the actual stage of the production.

• Light Designer

• Sound Designer

• Costume Designer

• Set Designer

He/she has the vision of the desired total effect and impact of the performance.

• Director

• Producer

• Light Designer

• Technical Director

He/she carefully notes how each actor and every member of the stage, sound, lighting, and costume crews need to be coordinated to bring the director’s vision to life

• Choreographer

• Costume Designer

• Makeup Designer

• Technical Director

He/she is tasked with overseeing the crews for the sets and props, the sound and music, the lighting, and the costumes.

• Makeup Designer

• Production Manager

• Director

• Producer

He/she is tasked to manage the music needed during the performance.

• Sound Designer

• Costume Designer

• Light Designer

• Makeup Designer

He/she makes the actors look natural for their respective roles— based on their characters’ age and personality, and the time and place of the story.

• Choreographer

• Playwright

• Makeup Designer

• Producer

He/she uses colored lights or filters, as well as special effects such as gradual dimming or brightening, a speckled effect like sunlight through leaves, or flickering lights to create the mood.

• Production Manager

• Costume Designer

• Set Designer

• Light Designer