Parts of Stage
Stage Directions
Types of Shows
People in theater
Famous Musicals
100

The big frame around the stage that is usually decorative 

The proscenium arch 

100

Your left and right when you are onstage facing the audience 

What is stage left and stage right 

100

A show that has no sung parts, but has spoken dialogue and has multiple acts 

What is a Play 

100

A person who creates the concept and script of the play 

What is a playwright

100

A musical where two unruly children get a new nanny who isn't like other nannies, who shows them the magic of imagination and renews their love for each other and their family 

What is Mary Poppins 

200

The offstage sections directly off stage on stage left and stage right 

What are the Wings 

200

The left and right of those watching the show when they are looking at the stage 

What is audience left and audience right 

200

A show that has some spoken dialogue and some sung dialogue in multiple acts 

What is a musical 

200

A person who creates the music for the show 

What is a composer 
200

New opportunities open up for a young ballet dancer after her mysterious masked voice teacher creates mischief in the theater. She learns the power of her voice and he learns the value of self-less love. 

What is Phantom of the Opera 

300

The area above the stage where you can access the lights 

What is the catwalk 

300
What is the name for the part of stage when you are standing furthest away from the audience 

What is Upstage 

300

A show that is all sung and has no spoken dialogue 

What is an Opera 

300

A person who puts forth the money and means to put on a show 

What is a producer 

300

A young nun leaves the abbey to be a nanny for a rich widower and his children and ends up reminding them of their love for each other and falls in love herself 

What is The Sound of Music 

400

The system that runs from the ropes on the side of the stage directly above the stage that bring the backdrops in and out. 

What are the flys (also fly system) 

400

What is the name of the part of stage when you are standing closest to the audience 

What is downstage 
400

A short play with no intermission 

What is a one act 
400

The person who is in charge of and helps facilitate the show for all of the actors, crew, and aids the creative team in executing the vision of the show (the literal life-blood of every production) 

What is the stage manger 

400

After a couple dies in a tragic home accident, they are visited by an otherworldly being who tries to convince them to scare the new residents of their home away, but he has ulterior motives 

What is Beetlejuice 

500

The part of stage not visible to the audience that included the Green Room and Dressing Room 

What is Backstage 

500

The part of the stage past the house curtain (the main curtain), when it is not being used as the orchestra pit.

What is the apron

500

A show with no spoken or sung dialogue in multiple acts that communicates through classical dance 

What is a ballet 

500

The person who is in charge of executing the vision of the playwright, composer, and producer through the design and acting of the show 

who is the director 

500

A retelling of a greek tragedy in musical form that takes place in a railroad station on the way to hell and tells the ill-fated story of two young lovers. 

What is Hadestown 

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