sceneshifter
Backdrop changing worker
A sceneshifter is a stagehand who moves scenery and props between scenes during a theatrical production.
The work happens quickly during blackouts or intermissions, requiring coordination and physical strength: The sceneshifters had thirty seconds to transform the stage from a ballroom to a forest.
Backstage theater worker
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- backstageTheater's hidden area
- turntableRotating music player
revolve · automation · pulley · hoist · set change · blackout · grip · wing
Change from one state
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- conversionAct of changing states
- reconfigurationChanging arrangement of parts
modulation · variation · adaptation · overhaul · pivot · turning point · reinvention · alteration
stagehand
Backstage theater worker
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- backstageTheater's hidden area
turntable · revolve · automation · pulley · hoist · set change · blackout · grip · wing · cue
transition
Change from one state
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- conversionAct of changing states
reconfiguration · modulation · variation · adaptation · overhaul · pivot · turning point · reinvention · alteration
sceneshifteractor
One who portrays characters
performer · star · lead actor · lead · principal
sceneshifterplaywright
Author of stage dramas
director · producer · dramatist · screenwriter · composer
sceneshifterset designer
Theatrical environment creator
scenic designer · director · playwright · choreographer · artistic director