Theater Areas
Are stage left and stage right from the actor's perspective or the audience's perspective?
actor's perspective
The text of a play is called the _______.
script
_______ is using facial expressions and gestures to make the audience believe that something is there when it really isn't.
pantomime
The onstage physical space and its structures in which the actors perform is called the ____.
set
monologue
________ is the stage area close to the audience, and ________ is the stage area away from the audience.
downstage (close), upstage (away)
In a play, the lines that characters say are called the ________. They are usually in regular typeface.
dialogue
To _______ means to act without a script, making up the story as you go along.
improvise
What is a prop?
anything that an actor handles onstage as well as furniture and other items on the set
A silent and motionless depiction of a scene, that looks like a picture with actors frozen in place, is called a ______.
tableau
______ includes all stage areas that are out of sight of the audience.
backstage
Plays are divided into one or more _____, and those may be further subdivided into _____.
acts; scenes
What is an ensemble?
a group (usually of performers)
A backstage worker who handles scenery, properties, or lights is called a _______.
stagehand
What is a cue?
any signal for something to happen -- for example, an actor may listen for the line before theirs, and that is their cue
What is the lounge area called where actors can hang out when they are not onstage?
green room
Stage directions are indications to the director and actors about characters, how they should act, and how things should look or feel. What style of typeface is used for stage directions?
italic
When a director coordinates actors' movements and positions onstage, that is called _______.
blocking
A large curtain that hangs at the back of the stage setting is called a ____ or a back____. (same word in both blanks)
drop
The area where the audience sits is called the _____.
house
What kind of stage does this school have in the auditorium: proscenium, thrust, or arena?
proscenium
What is a playwright?
a person who writes plays
Stand up and physically demonstrate the process of cheating out.
person must turn their face or body slightly out to the audience to be seen better
The ____ space is above the stage, where lights, drops, and scenery may be suspended. To ___ is to be raised or lowered on lines in this space. (same word in both blanks)
fly
production concept