1. Lighting Design-The concept that a designer creates to provide light onstage to support the mood or atmosphere of the play
  2. light plot-the map that shows where all of your lighting instruments are placed and where they will be lighting
  3. Lighting grid – Up above the stage, it is the system of bars and electricity that power the lights
  4. Lighting board – The control panel that powers the lights; when they turn on and off and at what intensity
  5. Cyclorama- a large white ‘sheet’ on the back of the stage that can be lit or projected on
  6. Backlight- lighting from the back
  7. sidelight- lighting from the side
  8. toplight- lighting from above
  9. front light- light from the slide
  10. foot light- lighting that is placed on the floor in the front
  11. spotlight- a single source of light focused on a single subject
  12. fill light- light sources that add lighting in and around the scenery/set/stage- they fill up
  13. wash- a large group of lighting that can wash the stage in light that you can bring up at once together
  14. lighting angle-the angle of the lighting instrument in relation to  the subject; usually 45 degrees
  15. Gobo (pattern)- a pattern (in olden days it was a circle of metal)that blocks light to give you a shape onstage
  16. Gel (or color gel) – The color that you want the instrument to throw onstage (or light onstage)