Sets & Props
The place on the stage where a backdrop is traditionally hung
What is Upstage?
Movements on stage given by the Director
What is blocking?
Directions written in the script which tell you to speak directly to the audience, and other characters are not supposed to hear you.
What is an aside??
Sailors, who ran the scenery in theatres, used this as a way to communicate during a production
What is whistling in the theatre?
An introduction before an audition or an in class presentation.
What is a Slate or to Slate??
A transparent backdrop used for special effects and to show two different locations
What is a scrim?
Meeting with the Director, where he/she tells you where you need to improve and what you did right during the rehearsal
What are notes?
Starting Center Stage walk towards the audience
What is cross down center?
A room full of plants in Shakespeare's day.
What is the green room?
The study of all things concerning the play, the historical era it is set in, people's behavior, etc.
What is Dramaturgy?
A type of set used primarily for musicals, because it is easier to move pieces on and off stage quickly
What is a Unit Set?
The type of set a Director, might use, who has no money for a production and decides to use a large black box to represent mountain.
What is a suggested set?
The Director tells you to command the scene and have all the attention on you.
What is take the stage?
Traditional way to say Good Luck in the theatre
What is break a leg?
Always being cast as the same type of character.
What is type casting?
The difference between a hand prop and a set prop.
The Director keeps yelling at your to Cheat Out.
What is face the audience?
The Director asks you to cross the Proscenium line, you are now on the....
What is the apron?
The Scottish play, that shall not be named.
What is Macbeth?
An imaginary barrier between the audience and the performers.
What is the Fourth Wall?
In ancient greek theatres, the upstage building or "tiring house".
What is the proskenion?
The Director arranges all performers in a specific order to receive their applause after the show
What is the Curtain Call?
The place from where you would enter to cross DL
What is the Left Wing?
never give flowers at this time of the performance.
What is before theperformance?
Making something up as you go along.
What is an improvisation or ad lib?