Other Scenery/Terms
Special battens equipped with circuits that lights can be hung from
Electrics
Parts of a theatre other than the stage or backstage - the audience can go these places.
The House
Metal pipes that hang over a stage and are used for flying lighting instruments, scenery, etc.
Battens
Are theatrical renderings usually made in color or black and white?
Color
Pieces of theatrical scenery that can be made to resemble walls, buildings, backgrounds, etc.
Flats
Spaces backstage to either side of that stage that are not visible to the audience are called______________.
Wings
A single set which can represent a variety of locations is called a ________.
Unit Set
A raised area where actors can stand or perform. (more specific that "stage." This is a set piece
Platform
What does it mean if a stage is raked?
It is sloped or tilted
To bring a piece of scenery up and down is called _________ it.
Flying
A staircase out of the audience's view that is used to help actors get off the set is called _____________.
Escape Stairs
A ____________ is any curtain that has tracks and can move back and forth.
Traveler
Amount of space available onstage for acting
Playing Space
The type of space in which most of the acting is done on an extended apron is what type of stage?
Thrust Stage
Where to the actors "hang out" while waiting to go onstage?
Green room
When rendering for theatre, is accuracy or beauty more important?
Accuracy
Short, horizontal drapes that can hide battens and electrics are called________.
Teasers/Borders
Any hole in the stage that is used to pass people or objects through
Trap Door
An artistic representation of what a designer wants something to look like is called a ________.
Theatrical Rendering
A system of moving scenery up and down on battens is called__________.
Counterweight fly system
The actors'
The ________ is an imaginary line that goes down the middle of the stage from upstage to downstage.
Center Line
What type of set of set is not movable? Most often used for contemporary dramas.
Box Set