Drama
texts
texts
A text for a play, includes dialogue, light and sound cues.
What is the script?
moving from the front of the stage to the back of the stage
What is moving upstage?
The space on the sides of the stage used for performers preparing to enter, storage of sets for scenery changes and as a stagehand work area.
What are the wings?
A conversation among characters.
What is a dialogue?
The word a stage manager uses to make a cues happen
What is Go?
Someone who gives the audience information about what is happening in the play?
What is a narrator?
moving from the back of the stage to the front of the stage
What is moving downstage?
A large opening in front of the stage where live music plays
What is the orchestra pit?
Acts are broken down into smaller parts.
What are scenes?
when you put everything away and organized after the show
What is strike?
The part of the script that describes what is happening in the story as the play begins
What is a stage directions?
the stage direction in Image 1
What is center stage?
The section of the theatre designated for the operation of technical equipment, followspots, lighting and sound boards, and is sometimes the location of the stage manager's station.
What is the Tech Booth?
The kind of theatre we work in at Tom Baines School
What is a Black Box?
The steal framework above the audience/ stage where lights are hung
What is the Grid?
The most intense part of the story. Also known as the tuning point.
What is a the climax?
the stage direction in Image 2
What is downstage center?
A slope in the performance space (stage), rising away from the audience
What is rake?
The problem between characters that drives the story
What is conflict?
A coloured heat resistant film used to colour light and create mood or a special effects
What is a gel?
Acting without a script or pre-planning
What is improvisation?
the stage direction in image 3
what is Upstage Left?
A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue
Who is the Box Office?
Objects placed on stage to communicate where the story takes place
What is the set?
When all the light go out in the house and onstage and we are in almost complete darkness.
What is black out?