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TECHNICAL THEATRE VOCABULARY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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The lever on a lighting control console that simultaneously dims all the channels from one cut to the next. The book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the pertinent information about the show. A platform that pivots on one corner. A small drapery that runs across the top of the grand drape and hides the hardware that suspends it. The space on the stage that is not visible to the audience. A device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage. The backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules and other information is posted. A common area where performers wait until it is time to go onstage.

17. The right side of the auditorium, from the audience’s point of view. 20. A microphone designed to pick up sound only directly in front of it. 23. Flats and platforms that are stored and used for many different productions. 24. Decorations that have no function on a set, but are merely placed there to look good.

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Anything in the house, rather than onstage. A speaker element that reproduces the low-end frequencies. The diagram showing the placement of the scenery as viewed from above.

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A portal that gives the set its own “picture frame.” A bank of small PAR cans all mounted in the same fixture. Used to create a bright wash of light on the audience. Light coming from upstage of an actor. Items that are carried onstage by the actor during a performance. A microphone with a horizontal attachment that can reach over a keyboard or other musical instrument. A speaker designed to play very low, almost inaudible frequencies. The control on a follow spot that fades out the light by slowly closing a set of doors. The draperies or flats that hide backstage from the audience. The wheels on a platform.

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CROSSFADER—The lever on a lighting control console that simultaneously dims all the channels from one cut to the next. PROMPT BOOK—The book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the pertinent information about the show. JACKKNIFE PLATFORM—A platform that pivots on one corner. VALENCE—A small drapery that runs across the top of the grand drape and hides the hardware that suspends it. WING SPACE—The space on the stage that is not visible to the audience. HAZER—A device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage. CALLBOARD—The backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules and other information is posted. GREEN ROOM—A common area

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where performers wait until it is time to go onstage. HOUSE RIGHT—The right side of the auditorium, from the audience’s point of view. SHOTGUN MIC—A microphone designed to pick up sound only directly in front of it. STOCK SCENERY—Flats and platforms that are stored and used for many different productions. SET DRESSING—Decorations that have no function on a set, but are merely placed there to look good.

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FRONT-OF-HOUSE—Anything in the house, rather than onstage. WOOFER—A speaker element that reproduces the low-end frequencies. FLOORPLAN—The diagram showing the placement of the scenery as viewed from above. FALSE PROSCENIUM—A portal that

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gives the set its own “picture frame.” AUDIENCE BLINDERS—A bank of small PAR cans all mounted in the same fixture. Used to create a bright wash of light on the audience. BACK LIGHT—Light coming from upstage of an actor. PERSONAL PROPS—Items that are carried onstage by the actor during a performance. BOOM STAND—A microphone with a horizontal attachment that can reach over a keyboard or other musical instrument. SUBWOOFER—A speaker designed to play very low, almost inaudible frequencies. DOUSER—The control on a follow spot that fades out the light by slowly closing a set of doors. MASKING—The draperies or flats that hide backstage from the audience. CASTERS—The wheels on a platform.

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