Stage Production Terminology

noun a piece of fabric or similar material that is lowered to the stage to indicate the end of an act or scene in a play

verb to lower the act drop at the end of an act or scene in a play

• The act drop signaled the end of the play.
• When the act drop came down, everyone knew it was time to leave.
• The act drop was like the mic drop of the theater world.
• As the act drop fell, it felt like a curtain closing on that chapter of my life.