red clown n.—Gloss: a zany, antic, destructive clown, opposite of a white clown, who is orderly and calm. «Taproot Theatre director Karen Lund supplies a twinkly anti-realistic performance style to accompany Wilde’s ingenious artifices. Her cast...
coolie n.— «Apprentices have been at work for more than an hour now, doing “coolies,” a term for unskilled labor such as Barnies” groundskeeping chores. With sweat rolling down foreheads, they work diligently, even if their employers aren’t around...
dualie n.— «Purchase a “dualie,” a large, four-door, luxury pick-up truck which features a set of dual wheels on the rear axle.» —“Simple Pleasures: the Ten-Minute Play, Overnight Theatre, and the Decline of the Art of Storytelling” by Rick...
main rag n.— «So were stagehands aligning a towering red scaffold to begin a two-day job of erecting the teal curtain, the “main rag” in theater parlance.» —“State Theatre readies for grand opening” by Chris Rosenblum in State College Centre Daily...
fourwall v. to pay for the right to entertain at a theatre or on a stage. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
haltura n.— «It is considered that their main task is to earn extra money and never—to offer a good artistic idea, good show. There is a very good word in Russian which is impossible to translate into English—”HALTURA.”—It means money made on the...