IN THE THEATRE WORD SCRAMBLE HINT: All of the scrambled words are positions in the theatre. 1. CARTO ______2. RESTSCA ______3. RNTRAEPCE ______4. ECAEPHOHRORRG ______5. OECSUTM GEESNRID ______6. TRCEIROD ______7. UNARERTDAG ______8. RNCITIACELE ______9. LYF EWCR ______10. FAFEGR ______11. EOFHRO ______12. UPDRCORE ______13. NNRUGIN WCER ______14. EST DINERESG ______15. NDUSO RSDIGENE ______16. TSGAE ANRMGEA ______17. NSHETAAGD ______18. ACCTHINLE OERRIDTC ______19. YTESUDNDRU ______20. SERHU ______21. VTELRENOU ______22. OABWRRED OVIERUSPRS ______

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ACTOR CARTO A person onstage who has been selected by a director to perform a role in a production. ACTRESS RESTSCA A female actor. CARPENTER RNTRAEPCE The person who builds the set and set pieces requiring construction. CHOREOGRAPHER ECAEPHOHRORRG The person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements. COSTUME DESIGNER OECSUTM GEESNRID The person who designs the costumes. DIRECTOR TRCEIROD A versatile person who must act as administrator, teacher and interpretative artist while leading a cast and crew through the rehearsal process to prepare a play for production. DRAMATURGE UNARERTDAG A dramatist who works as a script adviser for a particular theatre or company. ELECTRICIAN RNCITIACELE The person in charge of the lighting effects, including the lighting plot, the light control board, projectors, lighting units and sometimes recorded or mechanical sound effects. Also called a gaffer. FLY CREW LYF EWCR The technicians who handle lifting and lowering the scenery between the stage and the space above the stage. GAFFER FAFEGR A slang term for any foreman of a stage crew, but it usually refers to the electrician. HOOFER EOFHRO A dancer. PRODUCER UPDRCORE The person or group responsible for raising money for a show. RUNNING CREW NNRUGIN WCER The members of the technical crew who supervise and operate the technical aspects of the production during a performance. SET DESIGNER EST DINERESG The person who designs the set. SOUND NDUSO RSDIGENE The person who designs the sound, including microphone DESIGNER placement, cues and sound effects. STAGE TSGAE ANRMGEA The person who is in complete charge of backstage, including MANAGER the actors and the crew. Supervises the set up and running of the production and calls the cues. STAGEHAND NSHETAAGD A member of the stage crew. People employed in any capacity to assist backstage. Assemble and “strike” the set, move set pieces including furniture and scenery, and handle most special effects. TECHNICAL ACCTHINLE One in charge of all the technical aspects of mounting a DIRECTOR OERRIDTC production, including construction and painting of the set, rigging of lights and curtains, acquisition of props, repair of equipment and theatre maintenance. UNDERSTUDY YTESUDNDRU A person who studies a part in preparation to play that role should the original actor become ill or for some other reason not be able to appear in the show. USHER SERHU A person who escorts people to their seats. VOLUNTEER VTELRENOU A person who performs a service willingly and without pay. WARDROBE OABWRRED The person in charge of inventory and repairing and maintaining SUPERVISOR OVIERUSPRS costumes for an individual show or theatre season.

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