stagecraft

noun

stage·​craft ˈstāj-ˌkraft 

: the effective management of theatrical devices or techniques

Examples of stagecraft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And there’s a startling sequence whose effects would be difficult to reproduce through stagecraft alone: Janet and Lacy attend a local dance, which Baker has the inspiration to film as a kind of human constellation, a roundelay of fast-moving, not quite heavenly bodies. —Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the hit theatrical prequel, has extended its run on London’s West End into 2025 and shared a new teaser that offers a look at some of the impressive stagecraft anchoring the production. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024

McAnuff, directing his own show once again, three decades after the original, displays his finest moment of stagecraft here: the projection design (by Peter Nigrini) shows us the inside of a bomber bay, and a line of paratroopers deploys by dropping, one by one, through the floor. —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024

All the sort of stagecraft and blocks and green lights and stuff. —Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above