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| the front curtain in a proscenium theatre, raised when the show begins, and lowered for intermissions and at the end of the show. Also referred to as the main drape, main rag, grand drape. |
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| Strong, flexible cable that is attached to battens used for lighting or scenery. |
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| The extension of the stage beyond the proscenium. |
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| A configuration of the playing area in which the seating area surrounds the stage on all four sides. |
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| Short length of fabric running the width of the stage, often made of black velour, used to mask areas above the stage. |
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| Also called a reflector; a large piece of fabric used in conjunction with cyc or drop to redirect light back onto cyc or drop and increase quantity of light projected toward the audience. |
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| Large piece of fabric used to surround the stage. |
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| To suspend an object without the ability to raise or lower it |
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| A large (full stage) piece of fabric on which a scene is painted. |
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| An eleectrical cable with circuits for lighting located and stored on the grid |
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| A pipe used primarily for lighting instrument for a given show. |
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| Stage and audience layout whre the two areas are not clearly distinguished, enabling fluid actor/audience relationship |
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| An electrical box with circuits for lighting located on the stage floor |
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| to raise or lower an object or person above the stage |
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| the gallery from which the flies are operated |
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| A safety light, often using a low wattage or long life lamp; the only light left on at night when the builidng is unoccupied. |
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| Iron or wooden beams at the top of the theatre building from which the pipes for lighting and scenery are suspended. |
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| Also referred to as the theatre auditorium,w here the audience usually sits. |
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| Lighting for the audience areas, they are dimmed at the beginning of the production, and brought up for intermissions and at the end of the show. |
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| A system of pipes, often at right angles to each other, from which lighting instruments are hung |
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| Flexibly placed lighting apparatus on which several instruments can be hung in a small space. Lighting ladders are attached to an electric or dead hung from grid. |
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| Narrow lengths of fabric running the height of the stage, often made of black fabric, used to mask areas on the sides of the stage |
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| To conceal from the audience's view. Borders and teasers are used to mask the backstage areas of the theatre |
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| Also battens, normally 1-1/2", over the stage for hanging lighting and scenery |
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| "in front of the scenery"; the frame around the stage. A configuratoin where the audience sits looking forward to the stage space. |
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| Backstage and offtsage light fixtures, often clip lights with a deep blue color filter attached, providing low level illumination for actors and crew |
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| the line of sihgt from an audience seat to a piont on the stage |
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| From the performer's point of view, movement to his/her left |
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| Walk-able grid of steel mesh above which are hung lighting fixtures and seating area |
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| A configuration of the playing area in which the stage projects into the seating area |
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| Sections of the stage floor that open, allowing actors, effects, etc. to be brought on to the stage |
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| A curtain that opens left to right rather than flying in and out |
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| Mark designating the height of a line set. High trim/ low trim |
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| An electrical box with circuits for lighting located on the walls of the stage areas of the theatre |
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| the areas of the space offstage |
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| Lighting instruments designated for non-production use, for example scenice construction, lighting calls, and rehearsals. |
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