Activity Lesson Plans

Chapter 9: Technical Theatre

Introduction
Students have read about technical theatre, including shifting scenery, organizing props, hanging lights, setting up sound, compiling costumes, applying makeup, rehearsals, and postproduction. Before students complete the concentration activity, you may wish to have them discuss which roles they would most like on a technical crew and why.

Lesson Description
Students will complete a concentration activity to reinforce the terms of the chapter. For each statement, students will search a group of definition cards to find the correct match. Students will choose the definition that best matches each term.

Instructional Objectives
1. Students will understand the meanings of vocabulary terms.
2. Students will match the correct definition to each of the chapter's vocabulary terms.

Student Web Activity Answers
boom: an aluminum tripod with a crossbar at the top on which lights are hung
call: to notify cast and crew of cues, rehearsal times, and the rise and fall of the curtain
cyclorama: a background drop or curtain, hung at the rear and sometimes around the sides of the stage; it masks the backstage area during shifting of scenery
dry tech: a technical rehearsal without actors present
fly: to be raised or lowered on lines in the fly space
gobo: a thin metal template with a pattern punched out; attached to a lighting instrument to create patterned or textured lighting effects
grip: a member of the stage crew who shifts scenery
paper tech: a meeting of the stage crew and the stage manager to run through cues on paper and create a master cue sheet
rigging: the way in which mobile scenery and lights are mounted and controlled
wagon: a flat or platform rigged with wheels