User:Morydd/Jargon
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This is a list of stagecraft terms and abbreviations with short definitions. Items having a separate article of their own are marked as a link in the item's title listed in this article.
A
- ALD
- Assistant Lighting Designer
- ASM
- Assistant Stage Manager
B
- Batten
- A horizontal pipe, often suspended from the fly system
- Boom
- A verical pipe for mounting lighting instruments, scenery, or other items.
- Box Boom
- A vertical pipe on which lighting instruments are mounted in the house. Name comes from their position near the "box seats"
C
D
E
F
G
- Gobo
- A steel or glass pattern that is placed in the beam of a light to project the image on the pattern. See pattern.
- Grid
- the structure from which items are suspended in a theater.
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- Squint
- Slang for an electrician, often disparaging.