User:Morydd/Jargon

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"

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.

S

 * Squint:Slang for an electrician, often disparaging.