Stage Directions
Stage Elements
Roles in Theater
Audience Etiquette
Miscellaneous
100

The spot on stage furthest from the audience

What is upstage

100

The area of the stage where actors wait to go on.

What are the wings of the stage?

100

The person who writes out the script. 

What is playwright?

100

When an audience member is looking at the actors.

What is paying attention?

100

The movement an actor makes on stage.

What is blocking

200

The spot on stage closest to the audience

What is downstage?

200

The area of the stage where the orchestra will perform usually.

What is the pit?

200

The person who tells the actors their position, and has the vision for the plays. 

What is the director?

200

The scene ends and the audience puts their hands together.

What is clapping?

200
A signal for something to happen.

What is cue?

300

The perspective of the stage directions

What is actor's perspective?

300

The area of the stage where the the stage comes out into the audience

What is the apron?

300

The person who performs the scripts

What is the actor?

300

The only voices heard are the actors on stage.

What is staying quiet?
300

The back and forth between two actors on stage. 

What is dialogue?

400

The spot on stage closest to the audience and to the left. 

What is downstage left

400

The area of the stage where set might come down.

What are the flies?

400

Chris Evans is one of them.

What is an actor?

400

An audience member is talking and looking at their phone throughout the performance. 

What is being distracting?

400

The introduction before a piece. 

What is slate?

500

The spot on stage right of the audience in the middle.

What is center stage right?

500

The area of the stage where cast wait outside of the wings.

What is the green room?

500

Christopher Nolan is one of them.

What is a director?

500

Being kind and respectful to the actors. 

What is Audience Etiquette
500

The angle of the stage during early stage theaters. 

What is rake?
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