stagecraft
noun
stage·craft
ˈstāj-ˌkraft 
: the effective management of theatrical devices or techniques
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The Butthole Surfers—their name, high jinks, and toilet paper stagecraft aside—were a rigorous, conceptual band.
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Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 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
And not in the sense of pretending, but of mastering the stagecraft of presence, emotion, and impact.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
And as Canadian Caper showed, sometimes spycraft requires stagecraft.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
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Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 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
And not in the sense of pretending, but of mastering the stagecraft of presence, emotion, and impact.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
And as Canadian Caper showed, sometimes spycraft requires stagecraft.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
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“Stagecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecraft. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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