Stage Directions and Positions
Types of Stages
Backstage
Auditorium
Smyth Facts
100
This is the least used position as it faces you away from the audience
What is Full Back?
100
This is a stage that features an apron.
What is a Proscenium Stage?
100
This is who makes sure the production goes smoothly when the director is in the audience.
Who is the Stage Manager?
100
This is the picture frame around Proscenium stages that the apron comes out from.
What is a Proscenium Arch?
100
Jessi
What is Mrs. Smyth's first name?
200
This is a position that would suggest a normal relationship between to characters and allow them to be seen by the audience.
What is Quarter Turn?
200
This has a picture frame around it, and is the most common stage type.
What is a Proscenium Stage?
200
This is where actors make their entrances and exits from.
What are the Wings?
200
These are the typically black curtains that form the areas for the actors to enter from.
What are the Wings?
200
Zach
What is Mrs. Smyth's husband's name?
300
This is when you move around the stage, going from one place to another.
What is a Cross?
300
This is typically used in fashion shows and features the audience on three sides.
What is a Thrust Stage?
300
This is where the lighting and sound equipment are located.
What is the Light and Sound Booth?
300
This is where the information about the show can be found. It includes cast, crew, director, and any thanks they would like to give.
What is the Program?
300
Bella.
What is Mrs. Smyth's dog's name?
400
A position that allows only the side of the actor to be seen.
What is Profile?
400
This is also referred to as "theatre in the round" and the audience sits on all sides.
What is Arena Stage?
400
This is where actors get into costume.
What is a Dressing Room?
400
This is the main curtain and it is usually made of luxurious material. Ours is blue velvet.
What is a Grand?
400
Baking and Teaching.
What are Mrs. Smyth's favorite things?
500
Upstage Center, Upstage Left, Upstage Right, Center, Left, Right, Downstage Center, Downstage Right, Downstage Left.
What are the Areas of a Proscenium Stage?
500
This is the term used for when a stage was slanted upward in ancient theatre.
What is Raked?
500
This is what is held in the actors hands or can be moved by one or two people.
What is a Prop?
500
This is where the audience sits.
What is the House?
500
Baylor University.
Where did Mrs. Smyth go to school?
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