The props table ensures that hand props are properly preset before each performance.
All hand props (any object an actor carries on stage) are organized on a large, off-stage table(s) covered with butcher's paper, on which the shape of each prop item is outlined and labeled with a short description: the act and scene in which it's used, and the name of the character who uses it. So at a quick glance a prop can be located or returned to its proper place. It looks rather like a theatrical C.S.I. table and, sometimes, actors are guilty of not returning their props to the table.
Be prepared to make changes as rehearsals progress to best serve the show's smooth run. Remember it's your rehearsals, too. Theatre is a collaborative art form, it takes a team.
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Be prepared to make changes as rehearsals progress to best serve the show's smooth run. Remember it's your rehearsals, too. Theatre is a collaborative art form, it takes a team.
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PROPS (Properties)
Furnishings, set dressings, and all items large and small which cannot be classified as scenery, electrics or wardrobe. Props handled by actors are known as hand props, props which are kept in an actors costume are known as personal props. PROPERTY MASTER / PROP MASTER Member of the creative team who has responsibility for all of the PROPS used in the production (US). SET DRESSER Member of production staff who is responsible for the props and furniture that are required on the set. This position only exists in larger organizations. Set dressing is often the job of the stage management team or department. Tech Humor: The Techie Gospel - The Book of Proverbs by Ed Bentley, 1982 (excerpt) For truly, it is said, pay heed to the errors of others and you shall not make them yourself, and again, as we have been told from on old, to thine own self be true. • Give not unto the actor his props before his time, for as surely as the sun does rise in the East and set in the West, he will lose or break them. • When told the placement of props by the Director, write not these things in ink upon thy script for as surely as the winds blow, so shall he change his mind. • Speak not in the language of the TECHIE to actors, for they are uninitiated, and will not perceive thy meaning. • Keep holy the first performance, for afterward you shall party. • And above all, get not carried away with the glow-tape, or thy stage will be alike unto an airport. For more terms and humor visit the Biggest Technical Theatre Glossary on the Web, check out: TheatreCrafts.com - an online resource for theatre technicians since 1997. It's edited by Jon Primrose, Technical Manager at the University of Exeter Drama Department in the UK. |
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