| A | B |
| Director | Makes all creative decisions of a production |
| Choreographer | Creates all the dance steps |
| Upstage | The rear of the performance space |
| Downstage | The front of the performance space |
| Stage Manager | Makes sure everything on stage runs smoothly |
| House Manager | Makes sure the audience is taken care of |
| Props | The objects the actors handle |
| Set | The furniture and visual environment of a production |
| Wings | Entrances and exits to the stage |
| Proscenium | The "picture frame" around a stage |
| House | Where the audience sits |
| Deck, "the boards" | stage floor |
| Macbeth | The "Scottish Play" that you shouldn't say the name of in a theater |
| Safety | Always the first priority on stage |