(for Mississippi State Strand Directing, See: The Arts - Theatre - Directing)

Identify technical theatre requirements for a selected script.  Know the basic properties of, investigate the integral relationships and effects of, and specify how technical theatre elements of sound, props, lighting, makeup, costumes, scenery, and stage management are used to communicate locale, mood, and characterization in scripted formal and scripted or improvised informal productions.  Provide technical support (e.g., creating or running light or sound cues, building scenery or costumes) for performances.  Design, with the director, unifying concepts using the technical aspects of theatre, by developing environments through interpretation of improvised and scripted scenes.  Participate in making artistic choices in a small group; develop multiple interpretations and visual and aural production choices for scripts and production ideas and choose those that are most interesting.  Practice the roles and responsibilities of the production staff.  Understand the role of cooperation in production strategies for formal and informal productions.  Develop technical sound effects to enhance the meaning of a play.  Acquire and employ a vocabulary of technical theatre terms.  Demonstrate acceptable methods of receiving constructive criticism.  Expand knowledge and practice safety and efficiency in the use of tools in technical theatre.  Refine critical skills used to evaluate technical aspects of production.      
    

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