Vocabulary 1
Is any space where performances take place.
Theater
(Sometimes called Resident Theaters) are professional theater companies located in cities throughout the U.S.
Regional Theaters
Is like a picture frame.
Proscenium Stage
If you are standing center stage facing the audience with your back to upstage, you will find what on your left?
Stage Left
These are the people who perform the roles.
Actors
The legendary street of the same name.
Broadway
Summer Stock
A combination of proscenium and arena stages.
Thrust Stage
If you stand in the center of the stage, it is called?
Center Stage
What the actors wear on their face to show more details about their character.
Makeup
NY theaters that are smaller than a Broadway theater.
Off-Broadway
Most or all of the participants are unpaid, or "amateurs," which is why this is also called Amateur Theater.
Community Theater
Sometimes called In-The-Round because the audience sits all around it.
Arena Stage
IF you are standing center stage and facing downstage, the area behind you is?
Upstage
What the play is performed on.
The stage
London has Broadway-style shows called this because they are performed on this side of London.
West End
A show that is successful and popular in NY or London is restaged around the country and around the world.
Touring Shows
A space where no permanent stage or seating is build. Can be set up in any style.
Black-Box Stage
If you are standing center stage facing the audience with your back to upstage, you will find what on your right?
Stage Right
What is sometimes played during or between scenes to add to the story.
Music
Bonus: The acting area of the stage that extends beyond the proscenium.
Apron
Bonus: The auditorium, or the area where the audience sits.
One of the oldest kinds of formal theaters.
Amphitheater Stage
If you are standing center stage and facing the audience, you are where?
Downstage
The onstage decorations that help establish the time and place of a play.
Scenery