Run Crew/ Deck Crew

Below you can find some helpful advice on deck crew responsibilities and tasks. 

Definition: "Running crew, run crew or stage crew, is a collective term used in theatre to describe the members of the technical crew who supervise and operate ("run") the various technical aspects of the production during a performance." (Wikipedia.org)

Jrclancy.com has a "Rigging 101" to help teach you how to operate the fly rail.

This site provides information on the different types of stages and theater vocabulary.

Theatre Crafts provides some different vocabulary for stage hands and technicians.

American Theatre Wing discusses stage hands and the work they do in the real-world.

Special Effects designer from American Theatre Wing.

American Theatre Wing "Stage Automation Engineer"