Parts of the Stage
The front part of the stage
What is down stage?
True or False: When an actor is performing, the audience should be talking.
False
The lines of the script that the actors speak out loud
What is dialogue?
The person who is acting on stage
What is an actor?
The back part of the stage
True or False: The audience should be showing the actors respect through putting their full attention on stage and looking at what the actors are doing.
True
A piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on stage.
What is drama?
The person who supervises and guides actors in a play
What is a director?
The perspective from which parts of the stage are
Specific instructions for the actors
True or False: Laughing, clapping, and reacting is okay; just not when we are making fun of someone on stage
True
The written play that includes characters, lines of dialogue, and stage directions
What is a script?
A group of people who perform together.
What is an ensemble?
The side of the stage that is on the audience's left
What is stage right?
A character that gives additional information and fills in details.
What is a narrator
True or False: The audience should text their friends during the performance.
False
The names shown in the script right before the lines of dialogue.
What are characters?
The person who designs, creates, and obtains the clothing the actor will wear
What is a costume designer?
Is the reason we refer to the front and back of the stage as up and down stage?
What is a raked stage? (the stage was on a slant)
Part of an act where specific events happen; changes each time the setting changes.
What is a scene?
The halftime of a play, where the audience is able to stretch their legs and/or use the restroom.
What is intermission?
The main sections of the drama, like chapters in a book.
What is an act?
Name three notes (or feedback) a director gives an actor
To project, articulate, cheat out, slow down, etc.