stagehand

noun

stage·hand ˈstāj-ˌhand

: a stage worker who handles scenery, properties, or lights

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For Costanzo isn’t alone onstage; he’s surrounded by a company of actors, all first-rate clowns, who begin the play as his harried, breathless stagehands and gradually morph into full expressions of Mozart and Da Ponte’s characters. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024 The crowd springs to its feet, the stagehand gives a go-sign, and Harris rushes forward, into the light. —

Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024 Beyond his immediate family, many of his fellow union workers and members of his stagehand family shared the devastation of Gosnell's death. —

Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2024 At one point, stagehands wheeled a bar on stage with an ice chest full of beer on top to complete the party atmosphere. —

Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stagehand