Parts of the Stage
Acting!
Jobs, etc.
On the Stage
Miscellaneous
100
The area of the performance space that is farthest away from the audience.
What is upstage?
100
A speech performed by one performer, giving depth and insight into a characters thoughts or feelings; also called a soliloquy.
What is a monologue?
100
A performer who studies the part of another role, so that they might perform it in the absence of the actor who was originally cast.
What is the understudy?
100
The offstage areas directly to the right and left of the performance space.
What are wings?
100
The imaginary divide that separates the audience from the performance space.
What is the fourth wall?
200
Sides of the stage that is determined according to the actors point of view facing the audience. Symbolized in blocking notation as SL and SR.
What is stage right/left?
200
To act out very physically without using words; a style of acting that is most often utilized in Children's Theatre.
What is pantomime?
200
The head technician for a production; responsible for all backstage duties and jobs. Calls a show for cues and transitions, and keeps consistency accurate from show to show. Works very closely with actors, technicians, and the director.
What is the stage manager?
200
1. Curtains, drapes, or set walls that are used to block audiences sight from backstage. 2. Used in stage combat to block the audiences sight from certain moves.
What is masking?
200
The audience's view of a performance space, being blocked from the backstage.
What are sight lines?
300
The area of a theatre where the audience sits or watches from.
What is the house?
300
A style of overacting that focuses on contrived action rather than realistic characterization or situations; dramatized for effect.
What is melodrama?
300
One who works on a crew for a production, lights, set, sound, costumes, props, etc.
What is a technician?
300
To take down a set or remove scenery or props from the stage, happens immediately at the end of a production run before the next show is brought in.
What is strike?
300
The most common type of Theatre space, known for its framed arch that outlines the stage opening, having the audience facing one side directly in front.
What is Proscenium?
400
The main act curtain or drape that hangs at the front of the stage, always found in a Proscenium theatre, and usually is of a royal color.
What is the grand?
400
A style of acted movement that is planned out, or choreographed, to look like real fighting between characters within a performance.
What is stage combat?
400
A command called out by a director wherein the actors must hold their stage positions or take a pause in the action of the scene.
What is HOLD?
400
To mark the stage floor, usually with colored tape, where set pieces will rest.
What is spike?
400
1. Used to enhance a scene or characterization, abbreviated-props. 1. Stage: large, stay on set. 2. Hand: small, used by many actors. 3. Personal: used only by one actor, and stays with them.
What are properties?
500
The area, usually below the front part of the stage, where the orchestra is set up to play the music for a live performance.
What is the pit?
500
A style of performance where the characters or performers make aware of the audience's presence, often breaking the fourth wall.
What is presentational?
500
A character part that is dominant in the plot of a play, having many scripted lines.
What is a major role?
500
A type of curtain or masking (black) that hides the audience's view of the backstage.
What is a traveler?
500
The true meaning behind a spoken or scripted line, as interpreted by an actor.
What is subtext?
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