Theatre
A batten affixed with electrical outlets used for hanging and powering lighting instruments.
What is Electric?
A movement from one part of the stage to another
What is a cross?
The person who oversees the entire process of staging a production.
Who is the director?
more light hearted, funny, sometimes romantic in nature
large parts the play is divided into
What are acts?
The main curtain that conceals the stage from the audience. Usually red.
What is the grand drape?
The direction an actor is facing relative to the audience, but from the actor’s perspective.
What is position?
The director’s liaison backstage during rehearsal and performance. The stage manager is responsible for the running of each performance.
Who is stage manager?
Historically based. Uses people and events from history.
What is history?
acts further divided, usually indicating scene change
What are scenes?
Room above the audience wherein the light board operator, sound board operator, and stage manager run the show.
What is the booth?
An expressive movement of the body or limbs.
What is a gesture?
A male or female person who performs a role in a play, television, or movie.
What is actor/actress?
Everyone dies in the end…well sometimes not everyone, but definitely the main character(s).
What is tragedy?
information in the script given by the playwright, including the movement, position, or tone of an actor. This may also include technical elements. (Usually written in italics and enclosed in parentheses or brackets)
What are stage directions?
A large piece of painted fabric hung behind the actors. Usually painted to resemble a realistic location.
What is the backdrop?
The planning and working out of the movements of actors on stage.
What is blocking?
The backstage technical crew responsible for running the show. In small theatre companies the same persons build the set and handle the load-in. Then, during performances, they change the scenery and handle the curtain
Who is stage crew?
geared towards younger audiences. Uses fairy tale type themes.
What is children's theatre?
what the characters say to each other in conversation
What is dialogue?
The ropes, pulleys, and arbors off stage right that control the height of the drapes, electrics, battens, and hanging scenery.
What is fly rail?
A silent and motionless depiction of a scene created by actors, often from a picture
What is tableau?
A group of theatrical artists working together to create a theatrical production.
What is ensemble?
based on a serious subject matter
What is drama?
the author of the play
Who is the playwright?