stage crew
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- noun
- /steɪdʒ kru/
- Specialized
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equipo de escena
- After the show, the stage crew received praise for their seamless scene changes.
We last shout out shout out to the whole stage crew and Tony the Baker.
- We last shout out shout out to the whole stage crew and Tony the Baker.
Examples
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The list of possibilities includes playing a major character, a supporting character, or a member of the crowd; working with lights or the curtain; or serving as a director's assistant, narrator, musician, or member of the stage crew.
Academic text (1999) -
The stage crew worked tirelessly to set up the elaborate scenery for the play.
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Because in exactly 20 minutes, the stage crew are coming here to start work on our show, and we need to lock this stuff down.
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The stage crew can use your help during detention, painting sets.
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She sings in the choir at her school and has been very active in the stage crew for her school's fall play.
Blog text (18) -
When not at a theatre, I work at the Nautica Pavilion on the stage crew.
Blog text (25) -
"We have our own stage crew who will be running the fog and laser beams," says Shillander, with excitement in his voice.
Blog text (6) -
After the performance, the principal recognizes all the students (including members of the pit, the stage crew, director's assistants, and other volunteers) for their efforts.
Academic text (1999) -
All of the students who volunteered for stage crew, lights, and curtain spend the remainder of the semester in art continuing and expanding on the creation of sets and props for the production.
Academic text (1999) -
During the rehearsal, the stage crew quietly moved props around the stage.
Synonyms
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A group of people who work together to do a job, like running a ship or making a film
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable as the group of workers who work on the stage: 'stage' (performance platform) + 'crew' (a group of workers). This is a straightforward noun+noun compositional pattern common across languages and therefore a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Stage crew comes from the theatre: stage is where the play happens and crew means a team of workers. So the phrase paints the image of a team working around the stage to move scenery and handle props, which is why it means 'the workers who move scenery and handle props'.