Audience Areas
Stage Areas and Body Positions
Acting Terms
Stage Terms
Facility Terms
100
The term used to describe the area of the theatre occupied by the audience.
What is the house?
100
Stage areas are always from this point of view.
What is the Actors?
100
The direction given to the actor which causes them to move about in a specific fashion.
What is Blocking?
100
Specifically the stage floor.
What is the Deck?
100
The area of the theatre used to store paint, lumber, and building materials.
What is the Scene Shop?
200
When sitting in the audience and facing the stage, it is the left section of seating for the patrons.
What is House Left?
200
The offstage areas to the right and left of the stage.
What are the Wings?
200
Improperly taking attention away from an actor who should be the focus of attention.
What is Upstaging?
200
The area of the stage furthest away from the audience.
What is Upstage?
200
The covered frames used to create the walls of a stage setting.
What are Flats?
300
Often located at the back of the auditorium where they operate the lights and sound for the theatre.
What is the Tech Booth?
300
Standing at the center of the stage and turning your body to face downstage left puts you in this position.
What is One Quarter Left?
300
All stage furnishings, including furniture.
What are Properties?
300
The main curtain used the close the opening between the stage and the audience.
What is the Grand?
300
The mechanism is the theatre used to raise and lower scenery or backdrops onto the stage.
What is a Counter-Balance Fly System?
400
The area of the theatre where you would generally find box office, concessions, and merchandise.
What is the Front of House?
400
Standing in the upstage left area and turning your body to face upstage right puts you in this position.
What is Profile Right?
400
Emphasizing an idea.
What is Pointing?
400
The stationary black curtain panel at the sides of the stage used to conceal side activity.
What are the Legs?
400
The lighting positions located above the stage used to give the performer dimension.
What are the Electrics?
500
The arched opening at the front of the stage through which the audience views the stage.
What is the Proscenium?
500
The area of the stage located at the front which extends towards the audience in front of the main curtain.
What is the Apron?
500
The shifting of positions by one or more actors to balance the stage picture.
What is Countercross?
500
The large white curtain located at the rear of the stage used to create mood or location by projecting light or images.
What is the Cyclorama?
500
The lighting positions located above the audience, used to light the performers from the front.
What are the Bays?
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