Automation

Also called: Auto

Scenery moved by motors and computer control instead of by hand, run from its own desk backstage.

Crew

When does this happen on your show?Type your opening night and see every milestone dated.

Deadman's buttonA safety control that must be held down for automated scenery to move. Let go and everything stops.
WagonA platform on wheels that carries scenery on and off. Pushed by crew, or moved by automation.

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