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Ensemble
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Dozens of artists and technicians who join together to make it appear as if a performance were the product of a single creative mind
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Repertory
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Group of plays performed by a theatre company during the course of a season
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Ghost light
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Solitary illumination
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Literary manager
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The liaison between playwrights, agents, and the theatre
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Producer or producing director
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Someone who financially backs the theatre or orchestrates funding through grant money and ticket sales
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Artistic director
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In charge of the overall creative vision or goal of the ensemble
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Stage manager
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Runs the show during the performance but also helps the director throughout the rehearsal process by taking notes, recording blocking, scheduling rehearsals, and assisting during auditions
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Flat
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The standard scenery unit made of wooden frames covered with canvas, muslin, or thin plywood
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Technical director
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Supervises the construction crews
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Prompt book
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Light cues, blocking, technical notes, and directors notes
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Draper
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They study the costume designer's drawings and renderings and then find a way to cut fabric into patterns that realize the design
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Musical director
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Supervises all aspects of a musical and conducts the orchestra during performances
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Movement coach
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Shows the actors how people moved during the Restoration - when graceful mannerisms were the norm
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Fight director
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Experts at staging safe, realistic, make-believe fights
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Dramaturg
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In some theatres they are a literary advisor and expert in theatre history who helps the director understand specifics about a play's history --> some theatres make them literary manager where they set up workshop productions and staged reading to the play find its final form
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