The person to oversee all creative elements of a play,including guidance for the actors,technical design and prop management
What is a director?
100
the area of the stage farthest away from the audience. A written direction might be for an actor to cross above a table
What is above
100
the actor is turned to be facing or mostly facing the audience
What is open
100
dialogue supplied by the actor that have not been rehearsed
What is ad lib
100
large sheet of painted canvas or "muslin" that hangs at the back of the set
What is a backdrop
200
The person who oversees all stage direction and prop management;this person stays behind the scenes and calls the show
What is a Stage Director
200
away from audience;toward the back of the stage
What is upstage
200
the actor is turned away or mostly away from the audience
What is closed
300
The person who researches the costumes,decides which styles and fabrics to use,and then draws or paints the costumes in renderings
What is costume designer
300
stage direction meaning downstage
What is below
300
an actor is interrupting the audience's views of another action(this is not a good position)
What is cover
300
the last action or dialogue spoken that indicates action for someone else
What is cue
300
small, sometimes glass enclosed room at the back of the auditorium; used to house light and sound equipment. The stage manager often runs the show form a control booth
What is booth
400
The person assigned to the construction of the set according to the needs of the script and director ; often the person who is in charge of lighting and sound
What is technical director
400
the stage area towards the audience
What is downstage
400
rotation that does not attract attention while managing to keep the actor in view of the audience. The director might say: "Cheat Right or Cheat Out"
What is Cheat
400
a long speech by a single character,often an important revealing speech
What is monolouge
400
the process of calling out the lighting,sound,and scene changes cues during performance; usually done by the stage manager over a headset
What is calling a show
500
part of stage that is visible to audience
What is onstage
500
the term used to describe the movements and positions that are decided during rehearsal.
What is blocking
500
a character's reason for doing or saying things in a play
What is motivation
500
chart indicating when lights,scenery,props, and sounds need to be changed