Parts of a Theatre
The furthest part of the stage from the audience
What is upstage?
An actor who drives the story forward
A portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or movie
What is a prop?
Practicing your lines, movement, and dialogue with other actors and the director
What is a rehearsal?
A person who says lines and moves and sometimes even dances on stage in front of an audience
What is an actor?
The part of the stage the audience cannot see where actors wait to enter
What is backstage?
Two or more people talking on stage
What is dialogue?
The background of a play
The last rehearsal before an audience comes to see the show where we incorporate costumes, lights, and props!
Someone who has a vision for how the entire play will work and speaks to actors about where to move and how to mess with their voices
What is a director?
The front part of the stage that can be removed to add in a band/orchestra
What is the apron?
What is improvisation?
Someone who runs the show, calls the cues, and makes sure actors do what they're supposed to do
What is a Stage Manager?
What is a read through?
Someone who wrote the play
What is a playwright?
Where the stage manager works from
What is the booth?
The words and story of a play that actors read and memorize
What is a script?
The system of ropes and beams that allows scenery and lights to 'fly' in and out of the stage area
What is the fly system?
A line, sound, or light that lets you know that it's your turn to do something next
What is a cue?
Someone who creates a specific part of the play (Ex. Costumes, props, set)
What is a designer?
A stage that is on an angle
What is a raked stage?
A part of the play where an actor is speaking a large chunk of text on their own
What is a monologue?
A small, round circle of metal with a pattern stamped out in the middle, used to create lighting patterns on a stage
What is a gobo?
A meeting without any actors to talk about how the play is going and making sure deadlines are being met
What is a Production Meeting?
A group of people who work back stage to make sure everything goes smoothly while actors are on stage
What is a (run) crew?