Stage Directions
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What is center stage
The two spongy air sacs, which in themselves have no power to expand or contract, to take in or expel air.
What are the lungs.
Where the audience sits.
What is the house.
This is a harsh unpleasant quality. This sound comes through the nose. Usually used to depict gossips, vulgar or tough types for whiny or talkative people.
What is nasal placement
Silence these so as not to distract other audience members during the performance.
What is the cell phone
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What is stage left center
The windpipe, by which the air travels to and from the lungs.
What is the trachea
The offstage areas on either side of the stage that are not visible to the stage.
What are the wings
Thinner and more delicate. It may show love, serenity, gentleness, or understanding quality.
What is oral placement.
A rule used so audience members do not create a mess in the house.
What is no food or drink.
URC
What is upright center stage
The body partition of muscle and connective tissue located in the lower part of the thorax, or chest cavity, that is the center of breathing control or power supply. This works very much like the bellows system.
What is the diaphragm.
The arch that is between the audience and the stage, where the scene in performed.
What is the proscenium.
Used in everyday conversation.
What is normal placement.
This is a rule to help against copy right restrictions.
What is no flash photography.
DRC
What is downright center
The thin, elastic cartilage behind the tongue and in front of the glottis. it covers the glottis during swallowing food so that it does not cause choking when caught in the windpipe.
What is the epiglottis.
The half curtain just inside the top of the proscenium.
What is the teaser.
This is a hollow tone to suggest horror or an unworldly effect, used for ghosts and witches.
What is pectoral placement
Tiny humans that most likely will cry during the performance.
What are babies.
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What is stage right
This resonating chambers in located just above and behind the larynx.
What is the pharynx.
the background curtain used to give a neutral background.
What is the cyclorama.
Full rich, deep, resonant and musical. It may show deeper emotions such as courage, patriotism and devotion or a huffy-puffy, flamboyant quality.
What is orotund placement
This rule is for the actors onstage, and it is one of the most universal stage rules.
What is no talking backstage.