Stage Areas/Vocabulary
Where the audience sits
What is The House (“Full House”)?
Stage directions are from whose perspective?
What is The Actors?
Objects actors use.
What are Props?
The director’s first look.
What is Initial Audition?
Audience sits on one side.
What is Proscenium Arch?
Long curtains that hide backstage.
What is Legs?
When actors acknowledge the audience.
What is Break the Fourth Wall?
Only this person touches props.
Who is the Property Master?
Second look at an actor.
What is Callback?
The audience sits on all sides and can be any shape.
What is Theatre in the Round?
Areas right and left of stage where actors wait.
What are Wings?
Planned movement onstage.
What is Blocking?
Musicians sit here under the apron.
What is the Orchestra Pit?
Script-reading for comprehension.
What is Read-Through Rehearsal?
This theatre space has black walls, black floors, and black ceilings.
What is Black Box?
Imaginary wall between audience and actors.
What is Fourth Wall?
The person who creates the blocking.
What is The Director?
Tearing down the set.
What is Strike?
When the director gives movement.
What is Blocking Rehearsal?
Audience on three sides; also called catwalk stage.
What is Thrust Stage?
Front-most part of the stage before the grand curtain.
What is Apron?
A slanted/angled stage.
What is Rake?
Colored tape marks for set pieces.
What is Spike?
No scripts allowed; no help from stage manager.
What is Off-Book?
Performance that happens without people realizing.
What is Found Theatre?