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WorksheetsTechnical Theatre Terms Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The lever on a lighting control console that simultaneously dims all the channels from one cut to the next.
a)
crossfader
b)
prompt book
c)
jackknife platform
d)
valence
2.
The book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the pertinent information about the show.
a)
prompt book
b)
jackknife platform
c)
valence
d)
wing space
3.
A platform that pivots on one corner.
a)
jackknife platform
b)
valence
c)
wing space
d)
hazer
4.
A small drapery that runs across the top of the grand drape and hides the hardware that suspends it.
a)
valence
b)
wing space
c)
hazer
d)
callboard
5.
The space on the stage that is not visible to the audience.
a)
wing space
b)
hazer
c)
callboard
d)
green room
6.
A device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage.
a)
hazer
b)
callboard
c)
green room
d)
house right
7.
The backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules and other information is posted.
a)
callboard
b)
green room
c)
house right
d)
shotgun mic
8.
A common area where performers wait until it is time to go onstage.
a)
green room
b)
house right
c)
shotgun mic
d)
stock scenery
9.
The right side of the auditorium, from the audience’s point of view.
a)
house right
b)
shotgun mic
c)
stock scenery
d)
set dressing
10.
A microphone designed to pick up sound only directly in front of it.
a)
shotgun mic
b)
stock scenery
c)
set dressing
d)
front of house
11.
Flats and platforms that are stored and used for many different productions.
a)
stock scenery
b)
set dressing
c)
front of house
d)
woofer
12.
Decorations that have no function on a set, but are merely placed there to look good.
a)
set dressing
b)
front of house
c)
woofer
d)
floorplan
13.
Anything in the house, rather than onstage.
a)
front of house
b)
woofer
c)
floorplan
d)
false proscenium
14.
A speaker element that reproduces the low-end frequencies.
a)
woofer
b)
floorplan
c)
false proscenium
d)
audience blinders
15.
The diagram showing the placement of the scenery as viewed from above.
a)
floorplan
b)
false proscenium
c)
audience blinders
d)
personal props
16.
A portal that gives the set its own “picture frame.”
a)
false proscenium
b)
audience blinders
c)
personal props
d)
boom stand
17.
A bank of small PAR cans all mounted in the same fixture. Used to create a bright wash of light on the audience.
a)
audience blinders
b)
personal props
c)
boom stand
d)
subwoofer
18.
Items that are carried onstage by the actor during a performance.
a)
personal props
b)
boom stand
c)
subwoofer
d)
douser
19.
A microphone with a horizontal attachment that can reach over a keyboard or other musical instrument.
a)
personal props
b)
boom stand
c)
subwoofer
d)
douser
20.
A speaker designed to play very low, almost inaudible frequencies.
a)
subwoofer
b)
douser
c)
masking
d)
casters
21.
The control on a follow spot that fades out the light by slowly closing a set of doors.
a)
douser
b)
masking
c)
casters
d)
stock scenery
22.
The draperies or flats that hide backstage from the audience.
a)
masking
b)
casters
c)
stock scenery
d)
set dressing
23.
The wheels on a platform.
a)
casters
b)
stock scenery
c)
set dressing
d)
front of house
24.
The command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation.
a)
cue
b)
luminaire
c)
load
d)
counter rake
25.
The international term for lighting equipment.
a)
luminaire
b)
load
c)
counter rake
d)
curtain time
26.
The electrical power rating, in Watts, of the equipment connected to a particular lighting dimmer.
a)
load
b)
counter rake
c)
curtain time
d)
backlight
27.
The act of modifying furniture or props by shortening the upstage legs etc. so that they can stand level on a raked stage.
a)
counter rake
b)
curtain time
c)
backlight
d)
counterweight system
28.
The advertised start time of the performance.
a)
curtain time
b)
backlight
c)
counterweight system
d)
deus ex machina
29.
Light coming from upstage, behind scenery or actors, to sculpt and separate them from the background.
a)
backlight
b)
counterweight system
c)
deus ex machina
d)
double handling
30.
Method of flying scenery which uses a cradle containing weights to counterbalance the weight of flown scenery.
a)
counterweight system
b)
deus ex machina
c)
double handling
d)
black hole
31.
Latin for “god out of the machine.” A plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly solved. As a technical term, this refers to an actor being lowered from the flies, as if he were a god.
a)
deus ex machina
b)
double handling
c)
black hole
d)
props table
32.
Moving scenery and other equipment more than necessary because it wasn’t properly sorted or positioned in the first place.
a)
double handling
b)
black hole
c)
props table
d)
color correction
33.
Accidentally unlit portion of the stage.
a)
black hole
b)
props table
c)
color correction
d)
door slam
34.
Table in convenient offstage area on which properties are prepared prior to a performance and to which they should be returned after use.
a)
props table
b)
color correction
c)
door slam
d)
set dresser
35.
The use of color filters to denote the different color temperatures of different light sources.
a)
color correction
b)
door slam
c)
set dresser
d)
fills
36.
A small wooden box with a heavy door and various bolts and locks used to simulate slamming and other door sound effects offstage.
a)
door slam
b)
set dresser
c)
fills
d)
tat
37.
Member of production staff who is responsible for the props and furniture that are required on the set.
a)
set dresser
b)
fills
c)
tat
d)
double handling
38.
Term for speakers additional to the main PA to improve the sound in particular locations (e.g. ‘Front fills’ add sound at the front of the auditorium which might be just out of range of the main PA stacks at the sides of the stage).
a)
fills
b)
tat
c)
double handling
d)
black
39.
(slang) Small but still useful offcuts of cloth or wood.
a)
tat
b)
double handling
c)
black hole
d)
props table
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