Theatre Terms & Backstage Etiquette
Theatre school or mentorship programs are generally great at introducing you to the language and protocols of the professional theatre world. However, sometimes performing your first productions out of school may expose you to new terms used backstage in the industry, perhaps you want to freshen up your knowledge on backstage etiquette, or you have an emerging theatre company that would like to think of your practices backstage. Either way, here are some resources to help you keep up to date on ways to maintain professionalism.
Theatre etiquette articles:
- backstage.com
- schooltheatre.org/HigherLogic
- rockettes.com/blog/etiquette
- tgrc-nc.com/tech-crew/rules-for-backstage
Audition and Interview resources:
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