Stage Positions
This area of the stage is closest to the audience and to the actor's left.
What is Downstage Left?
This is the area of a stage that commonly holds the Orchestra.
What is The Pit?
Greeks pioneered this form of theatre and used it as their most predominant form of theatre.
What is Tragedy?
This female playwright is the first post-classical western playwright.
Who is Hrosvitha of Gandershiem?
This Composer is Known for shows such as Freaky Friday and Next to Normal.
Who is Tom Kitt?
This area of the stage is furthest from the audience and to the audience's right.
What is Upstage Left?
Actors will often come to this area of a theatre while waiting on their next scene.
What is a Green Room?
The Romans developed these two forms of theatre at the height of their influence.
What are Plautus and Terrence?
This period was the first to allow women to fully participate on the stage.
What is the Italian Renaissance?
This Composing Duo is well known for their Works from the early 1900s.
Who are the Gershwins?
The stage position that would have you facing upstage left from center.
What is 3/4 Left?
This Section of a theatre is home to the offices, concessions, and Box office
What is Front of House?
This form of theatre was pioneered pre-1400 but continues to be popular even now with modern examples including Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and The Chronicles of Narnia.
What are Morality Plays?
This Group of female playwrights was the first of its kind and became very popular in the Late Restoration Period.
Who are the Female Wits?
This composer is Famous for shows such as Cats, Starlight Express, and Phantom of the Opera.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
This stage position faces Stage Right when standing Downstage.
What is 3/4 Right?
Often used for housing curtains and backdrops, as well as accessing the catwalks, this section of the stage sees repeated use throughout a production.
What is the Fly Loft?
This dramatic structure became popular in the Mid/Late Medieval period
What is Episodic Drama?
As the first English female dramatist, this woman also worked as a spy in the Netherlands.
Who is Aphra Behn?
This composing duo is most famous for The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen.
Who are Pasek and Paul?
Standing in 3/4 Right in this area of the stage will have you facing Stage Right.
What is Downstage/Down Center?
These inlets in the side walls of the theatre house allow for lighting trees to be used that are unseen by the audience.
What are Coves?
Based on Opera, this theatrical form was very popular in the late 1800s to early 1900s in Europe and to a lesser extent America.
What is Operetta?
This actress was the most famous in the English Restoration.
Who is Nell Gwynn?
Well known for shows such as Newsies and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this playwright has a special place in many peoples childhoods.
Who is Alan Menken?