1. A proscenium stage is the most common in theater, and is a very traditional stage. In this type of setting, the audience sits on one side of the stage and looks directly at it, while the other three sides remain hidden by the performers and stage crews. Thrust stages are pretty similar, except they have an additional platform or area of the stage that continues and allows the audience to sit on three sides of the stage. Thrust stages allow there to be more intamacy between the actors and audience members, but still allows the convience of the backstage area that the proscenium also has. 
2. The fly gallery of a theater is the system of lines, rigging, pulleys, and counterweights that allow the stage crew to quickly and efficently raise curtains and other props out of the audience's view into the fly loft above the stage. Fly gallery's are most common in proscenium theater's because they are designed to house the additional area needed hold the rigging and props. These fly gallery's contain fly systems that are either manual or automated, depending on the theater.
3. A scrim is thin piece of material that can be used in a couple different ways in the theater. One way is in lighting, because when placed over different lights in different fashions, scrims can create many different and interesting lighting effects. It is also used on stage to create a thin but transparent veil between the actors in front of it, and the scene behind them. For example, in The Nutcracker, the audience can see the christmas scene in the living room through the scrim, while the young girl is standing in front of it pretending that she is peeking through a crack in the door. It can also be painted to simply allow a silhouete to take place behind it.
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