Parts of a Play
The opening of a play or musical where the audience is introduced to the characters and the given circumstances.
Prologue
Where the audience sits
House
In charge of day-to-day management of a production, the cast and crew, and calling cues during a performance.
Stage Manager
The variance of vocal choice from whispering to yelling.
Volume
Where the audience sat in the Ancient Greek Theatre
Theatron
The character whose story the audience follows
Protagonist
A small hallway backstage, behind the scrim, that allows actors and stage hands to cross unseen.
Backstage Crossover
The creative figurehead of a production. They have the final say on creative elements and acting choices.
Director
Objective
What the Ancient Greek's called their stage.
Orchestra
The sequence of events in a play or musical that make up the story.
Plot
Scrim
The crew members who move all set and props during a performance
Stage Hands
Why a character wants what they want.
Motivation
A pedestal or platform in the center of the orchestra that an actor could stand on for emphasis.
Thymele
The turning point where circumstances change for the rest of the story. The moment of highest intensity in a story.
Climax
The location above the stage where lighting equipment, sound equipment, and set pieces are hung. Can also bring these elements and special effects onto the stage from above.
Fly Space
In charge of crafting or sourcing the required items that actors interact with on stage during a performance.
Props Master
The active choices a character makes to achieve their objective.
Tactics
Set pieces or the backstage area of a Greek Theatre.
Skene
The event in a play that causes the rest of the story to unfold.
Inciting Incident
A part of the stage that can be lowered to accommodate musicians during a musical.
Pit
The crew members in charge of executing all costume changes for actors during a performance.
Wardrobe Crew
Denotes specific moments of emotion/tactics. Can be used to denote a pause or change.
Beat
Songs sung praising the stories of Dionysus, God of Wine.
Dithyrambs