Theatre Basics
The place where the audience sits during a performance.
What is the house?
This means to move toward the audience.
What is downstage?
The person who designs how the stage looks.
Who is the set designer?
This musical features a red-headed orphan named Annie
What is Annie?
A long speech by one actor.
What is a monologue?
The person responsible for directing actors and leading rehearsals.
Who is the director?
This means to move away from the audience.
What is upstage?
This person controls the lighting cues during a show.
Who is the light board operator?
The playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A tryout for a play or musical.
What is an audition?
The written words of a play.
What is the script?
The actor’s right side, when facing the audience.
What is stage right?
The person in charge of managing props.
Who is the props master?
This musical is about a girl who melts a witch with water.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
Objects used by actors on stage.
What are props?
The type of theatre that uses songs to help tell the story.
What is musical theatre?
The actor’s left side, when facing the audience
What is stage left?
Fabric and clothing worn by actors to represent their character.
What are costumes?
A Broadway musical based on the Disney movie about lions.
What is The Lion King?
An instruction in a script that tells an actor where to move or how to act.
What is a stage direction?
The area behind the stage where actors wait to go on.
What is backstage?
The imaginary line where the stage meets the audience.
What is the fourth wall?
The person who keeps the show running smoothly and calls cues.
Who is the stage manager?
The musical set in France during a revolution, featuring songs like “Do You Hear the People Sing?”
What is Les Misérables?
Rehearsal where actors wear full costumes, use props, and run the show like a real performance.
What is a dress rehearsal?