Its Curtains
Onstage
Technical Theater
Performers
Theater Speak
100
A fireproof curtain that closes off the stage area from the audience.
What is Safety Curtain?
100
The area of the stage furthest from the audience.
What is Upstage?
100
Person that is in charge of pulling ropes to make scenery go up and down.
Who is the Flyman?
100
These people play the main roles of a production.
Who are Principal Actors?
100
At the end of the show when the cast bows for the audience.
What is Curtain Call?
200
Large black or blue velvet curtain with tiny lights attached.
What is a Star Drop?
200
Area of the stage toward the audience.
What is Downstage?
200
Color Filter for lighting instruments.
What is a Gel?
200
These actors can play any role in the show.
Who are Swing Actors?
200
How long the play takes to perform, including intermission.
What is Running Time?
300
This is usually the furtherest upstage curtain.
What is a Cyclorama?
300
The middle of the stage.
What is Center?
300
Visual elements such as fog, smoke, lighting, snow.
What is Special Effects?
300
These actors play the leading roles when the regular actor is either sick, on vacation, or unavailable.
What is an Understudy?
300
Part of the song that's just the music with no lyrics.
What is the Melody?
400
When lite from the front this curtain looks like a normal solid backdrop, however when lite from the back you can see right through it.
What is a Scrim?
400
The slope of a stage is called:
What is a Rake?
400
Any object held, manipulated, or carried by a performer during a production.
What is a Prop?
400
Group of supporting actors that sing and dance.
What is an Ensemble?
400
The term for the words the actors use while onstage.
What is Lines?
500
This is the most important job of curtains. It hides things that the creative team does not want the audience to see.
What is Masking?
500
This is a hole in the floor that you enter or exit the stage from.
What is a Trap?
500
This person is responsible for the delivery and operation of all technical aspects of the production.
Who is the Technical Director?
500
This actors performance takes place in the 'air'.
Who is an Aerialist?
500
The Stage Manager says this word to the actors to indicate that it is time to prepare for the opening of the show.
What is Places?
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