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Theatre Terms
Theatre Spaces
Compare/Contrast Spaces
Rehearsals
Misc.
100
Slope or angle
What is RAKE
100
Picture-frame like stage with audience on one side. Has an apron and orchestra pit. Lights are from behind audience. Can have a huge set and it is easy to stay open.
What is PROSCENIUM ARCH
100
These two spaces both have WINGS and can have LARGE SET designs. Lights are typically on TREES BEHIND the audience.
What is PROSCENIUM ARCH and THRUST stage
100
Told where to go onstage by the directer and you write it in your script to memorize.
What is BLOCKING REHEARSAL
100
This person decides the planned movement onstage.
Who is the DIRECTOR
200
Offstage areas to the right and left of the stage.
What are WINGS
200
Black floors, walls, ceiling. Lights are on a grid. Audience can be set up into any formation.
What is BLACK BOX
200
These two spaces will have audiences completely surrounding them.
What is THEATRE IN THE ROUND and FOUND/INVISIBLE
200
Performance with NO audience.
What is DRESS REHEARSAL
200
Long and slender curtain that hides actors in the wings.
What is LEG
300
Front-most part of the stage that sticks out in front of the grand curtain.
What is APRON
300
Stage juts into the audience (audience on three sides). Still has wings and typically has a large set.
What is THRUST STAGE
300
These theatres both have GRID lighting
What is BLACKBOX and THEATRE IN THE ROUND
300
In a READ THROUGH we read for these two things...
What is COMPREHENSION and PRONUNCIATION
300
A follow-up audition
What is CALL BACK
400
Tear down the set and return everything to normal.
What is STRIKE
400
Completely surROUNDed by audience. Enter through tunnels. Lights are on a grid. Props and set pieces must be low to the ground. Floor is frequently painted.
What is THEATRE IN THE ROUND
400
These two spaces will ALWAYS have minimal and small props.
What is THEATRE IN THE ROUND and INVISIBLE/FOUND
400
Actors can freeze and ask for a line prompt.
What is LINE CALL
400
To interact/ acknowledge the audience.
What is "Breaking the Fourth Wall"
500
Mark the floor with colored tape so the set crew knows where to set props and set pieces.
What is SPIKE
500
Used mainly for political and social reform. Audience has no clue a performance is happening because it can happen anywhere and at any time.
What is FOUND or INVISIBLE
500
Three differences between FOUND/INVISIBLE and PROSCENIUM ARCH
Answers vary, but could include: PROSCENIUM ARCH has wings, audience on one side, lighting on trees behind audience, an apron and pit, an audience that knows a performance is happening, it is easy to stay open to the audience. FOUND/INVISIBLE no special lighting, audience does not know a performance is happening, is ALWAYS for political change or social reform, small or minimal props, difficult to stay open, there is no offstage
500
Two kinds of Tech Rehearsals
What is CUE-TO-CUE (actors on stage that skip to tech changes), DRY RUN (skip to tech parts without actors), DRESS REHEARSAL (performance with no audience)
500
List 5 of the 8 Pantomime Rules
What are: 1. Realistic 2. No Talking 3. No Props 4. Stay Open 5. 1 Location 6. Slow and Specific 7. Feel the Weight 8. Objects must come and go from somewhere