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Mechane - ANS-A crane that gave the impression of a flying actor (see: deus ex
machina)
Ekkyklêma - ANS-A wheeled platform often used to bring dead characters into view for
the audience
Pinakes - ANS-Pictures hung to create scenery
Foil - ANS-Contrast to another character and highlights particular qualities
Frenelle lights - ANS-Blows out/diffuses light
Step glass light - ANS-"Cinnamon bun lens"
Ellipsoidal - ANS-Spot light/magnifying lens
Lyco - ANS-Small ellipsoidal
LED - ANS-No heat, changes color electronically
White - ANS-All colors on
Black - ANS-All colors off
Strip light - ANS-Ground lights
Light Plot - ANS-Map of where which lights do what
Stage curtains - ANS-Drapes/drops/velour
Legs - ANS-Mask what's backstage
Boarders - ANS-Top of curtain
Traveler - ANS-Legs that move onstage
Main - ANS-Main red curtain that can move sideways or vertically
, Scrim - ANS-See though thing like a screen
Tab - ANS-Blocks off from wings
Teaser - ANS-Boarder of main, covers pipe
Ground row - ANS-Covers strip lights
Crosses - ANS-Marked with an x
Fly Rail - ANS-Line of ropes that control things that go on stage (props flying in,
curtains)
Batons - ANS-Pipes that the fly rope connect to; can be electric or for props
Spats - ANS-Shoe coverings for different looks on one pair of shoes
Inseam - ANS-Inner thigh to ankle
Dart - ANS-To take in blousey clothing items
Vomitorium - ANS-A place to exit, downstage and below the audience
Thyromata - ANS-More complex pictures built into the second-level scene (3rd level
from ground)
Prosopon - ANS-Greek term for mask; a significant element in the worship of Dionysus
at Athens, used in ceremonial rites and celebrations
Dionysis - ANS-Greek god of theater and wine
First actor - ANS-Thespis
GoBo - ANS-"Go-between" light and lens to make shapes
Cyclorama - ANS-Screen that light gets projected onto, can make colors and add to the
set, usually used to make a sky, and curved to give the illusion of a sky
Augusto Boal - ANS-Theater of the Oppressed
Rex ex machina - ANS-King saves the day
Deus ex machina - ANS-God saves the day (see: mechane)
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Mechane - ANS-A crane that gave the impression of a flying actor (see: deus ex
machina)
Ekkyklêma - ANS-A wheeled platform often used to bring dead characters into view for
the audience
Pinakes - ANS-Pictures hung to create scenery
Foil - ANS-Contrast to another character and highlights particular qualities
Frenelle lights - ANS-Blows out/diffuses light
Step glass light - ANS-"Cinnamon bun lens"
Ellipsoidal - ANS-Spot light/magnifying lens
Lyco - ANS-Small ellipsoidal
LED - ANS-No heat, changes color electronically
White - ANS-All colors on
Black - ANS-All colors off
Strip light - ANS-Ground lights
Light Plot - ANS-Map of where which lights do what
Stage curtains - ANS-Drapes/drops/velour
Legs - ANS-Mask what's backstage
Boarders - ANS-Top of curtain
Traveler - ANS-Legs that move onstage
Main - ANS-Main red curtain that can move sideways or vertically
, Scrim - ANS-See though thing like a screen
Tab - ANS-Blocks off from wings
Teaser - ANS-Boarder of main, covers pipe
Ground row - ANS-Covers strip lights
Crosses - ANS-Marked with an x
Fly Rail - ANS-Line of ropes that control things that go on stage (props flying in,
curtains)
Batons - ANS-Pipes that the fly rope connect to; can be electric or for props
Spats - ANS-Shoe coverings for different looks on one pair of shoes
Inseam - ANS-Inner thigh to ankle
Dart - ANS-To take in blousey clothing items
Vomitorium - ANS-A place to exit, downstage and below the audience
Thyromata - ANS-More complex pictures built into the second-level scene (3rd level
from ground)
Prosopon - ANS-Greek term for mask; a significant element in the worship of Dionysus
at Athens, used in ceremonial rites and celebrations
Dionysis - ANS-Greek god of theater and wine
First actor - ANS-Thespis
GoBo - ANS-"Go-between" light and lens to make shapes
Cyclorama - ANS-Screen that light gets projected onto, can make colors and add to the
set, usually used to make a sky, and curved to give the illusion of a sky
Augusto Boal - ANS-Theater of the Oppressed
Rex ex machina - ANS-King saves the day
Deus ex machina - ANS-God saves the day (see: mechane)
