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

Collins pointed out that the foundation must raise nearly $5 million each year to appropriately compensate the hundreds of artists and stagecraft technicians, as well as support numerous year-round youth programs and maintain excellence in sound, staging and security. —Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025

The Butthole Surfers—their name, high jinks, and toilet paper stagecraft aside—were a rigorous, conceptual band. —Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025

Ever since her headlining set at Coachella 2018, Beyoncé has been synonymous with next-level stagecraft. —Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025

The Alaska meeting, which concluded without the Ukraine ceasefire Trump had promised, represents the latest chapter in a troubling pattern: the 45th and 47th president’s persistent confusion of stagecraft for statecraft. —Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stagecraft

• allograft
• autograft
• autographed
• countershaft
• handicraft
• homograft
• hovercraft
• lithographed
• overdraft
• photographed
• rotorcraft
• telegraphed