Originally Posted by blu3d0g

Well, in real life lights are definately not A/V, they're their own department and would get offended if you called them A/V. They're "Electricians" (far too often a loose definition at best), actually if you called anyone in sound an A/V tech they'd get touchy too. Also, calling stagehands techies = anger. Working in professional theater tends to make people very touchy about their job titles/descriptions often because if you don't you get shafted with other departments' work. Theater is a touchy world sometimes