| A | B |
|---|
| Tech director | person responsible for all production crews |
| Telescoping | beginning to speak before another has finished, to build scene |
| The Road: | area outside New York played by touring companies |
| The Sticks | small towns played by touring companies |
| Topping cues | pitching voice higher or louder than cues |
| Tormentor | flats or drapes at sides, upstage of act curtain, used to mask backstage |
| Trap | opening in the stage floor |
| Trouper | seasoned actor who always works for the play's best interest |
| Turkey | theatrical flop; bomb |
| Turn in/Turn out | turn your body toward or away from others |
| Understudy | actor capable of playing another's role in emergency |
| Upstage | toward the rear of the stage |
| Upstaging | moving upstage to gain audience's attention |
| Walk-on | minor role with very few lines |
| Wings | space at either side of stage, behind the scene |
| X | abbreviation for "X" as in XDL (cross down left) |
