STAGECRAFT

StageCraft

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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Theatre Foundations

The building blocks of putting on a show — what a play and a script are, the people who direct, act, stage-manage, and rehearse it into being.

12 entries

Lighting & Sound

The technical craft that shapes what an audience sees and hears — stage lighting instruments, color, sound design, and the gear behind both.

8 entries

Sets, Props & Costumes

What the audience sees on stage — scenic design and construction, the props actors handle, and the costumes that build a character.

10 entries

Performance Traditions

The wider forms a community production draws on — pantomime and musical theatre, melodrama and farce, comedy and tragedy, repertory and community theatre.

10 entries