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| Assistant Stage Manager | person who is hired to help the Stage Manager |
| Box Office Manager | the person who is in charge of ticket reservations and ticketing |
| Cast | the people who perform in a show |
| Choreographer | person who creates dances and arranges movements for a musical |
| Chorus | in a musical the company of dancers and singers |
| Company | the cast and crew of a show and any other staff who work on the show |
| Costumer | the person in charge of the costumes for a show |
| Crew | all the people who work together on a show except the cast |
| Director | the person who provides the vision of how a show should be presented, who works with the actors on their roles, develops the blocking, and is in charge of the rehearsals |
| Dramatist | a person who writes plays |
| Dressers | people who help the actors get into and out of their costumes |
| Ensemble | a group of actors, singers or dancers who perform together on stage |
| Equity | trade union formed to protect those who work in the theater by helping to regulate pay and working conditions (in U.S., AEA or Actors Equity Association) |
| Front of House | a term used to describe all of the people in a theater who deal with the audience including the people who sell tickets and the ushers, and any other people who deal with the public |
| House Manager | the person in charge of the theater auditorium and anything to do with the audience |
| Lighting Designer | the person who designs the lighting for a show and works with the director to get desired effects |
| Musical Director | the person who works with the director, actors and orchestra to get the desired musical effects for a show |
| Prop Mistress/Master | the person in charge of all the props and who usually works with them during a show |
| Set Designer | the person who designs the sets for a show...in smaller theaters this person also builds the sets |
| Sound Designer | the person who designs the sound direction for the show |
| Stage Manager | the person who runs the show from opening curtain to closing curtain and is in charge of everything on the stage and in the back of the stage |
| Troupe | a group of actors that form a company |
| Wrangler | a person hired to take care of the younger members of a cast |
