What is Theatre
A collaborative form of performing fine art
What is the definition of Theatre?
Used to label areas of the stage in order to provide clarity and uniformity for the actors and the crew
What is the definition of Stage Directions
A stage where the audience sits only on ONE side
What is a Proscenium stage?
The instruction in the script of a play, directing the movements of the actors or the arrangement of scenery
What is the definition of Blocking?
The part of the theater on which performances happen
What is the Stage?
The written text of a stage play, screenplay, or broadcast. Specifically the one used in a production or performance
What is the definition of Script?
True or False: Stage Directions are placed from the actors perspective when they are looking at the audience
True
A stage where the audience sits on THREE sides
What is a Thrust stage?
True or False: Once a scene is blocked the actor doesn’t have to follow the blocking and can change it up each rehearsal or performance
False
Rooms containing clothes racks and mirrors (often surrounded with lights) in which actors change into their costumes and apply make-up
What is the Dressing Rooms?
A single situation or unit of an act presenting continuous action in one place
What is the definition of a Scene?
If you are on the STAGE looking AT the audience, which way is stage left?
Your left or Your Right
Your left
Stages that are built on an upward slope away from the audience to improve viewer visibility
What is a Raked stage?
During rehearsals actors use ______ to note blocking in their _______
What is a pencil and script?
During rehearsals actors use a pencil to note blocking in their scripts
The part of a theater, cinema, etc. where people sit
What is the House?
The genre of dramatic literature intended to portray life and to tell a story usually involving conflicts and high emotions.
What is the definition of Drama?
What does the abbreviation SRC mean?
Stage Right Center
A stage where the audience sits on FOUR sides
What is an Arena stage?
The symbols used to quickly write blocking
What is Notation?
Where lights and sound are operated from
What is the Booth?
A slightly dramatic show that uses satirical comedy and has an improbable(unlikely) plot
What is the definition of Farce?
If you are on the STAGE looking AWAY from the audience, which way is stage left?
Your left or Your right
Your right
A narrow stage where the audience sits on TWO sides
What is an Alley stage?
Refers to the area just off-stage to the sides of the proscenium arch
What is the Wings?