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This is a list of stagecraft terms and abbreviations with short definitions. Items having a separate article of their own are marked as a link in the item's title listed in this article.

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ALD
Assistant Lighting Designer
ASM
Assistant Stage Manager

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Batten
A horizontal pipe, often suspended from the fly system
Boom
A verical pipe for mounting lighting instruments, scenery, or other items.
Box Boom
A vertical pipe on which lighting instruments are mounted in the house. Name comes from their position near the "box seats"

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D

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Gobo
A steel or glass pattern that is placed in the beam of a light to project the image on the pattern. See pattern.
Grid
the structure from which items are suspended in a theater.

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J

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K

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L

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M

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N

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O

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P

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Q

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R

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Squint
Slang for an electrician, often disparaging.

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U

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