DC
What is Down Center?
The first Greek Actor.
Who is Thespis?
The Shakespeare play title you should never say on stage.
What is MacBeth?
The frame around the stage in a "traditional" or most common theatre.
What is the Proscenium Arch?
A speech when only one character is talking.
What is a monologue?
C
What is Center?
Greek theatre costumes included platform shoes, large shoulder pads and theses....
What are masks?
The phrase you should say to an actor instead of "Good Luck"
What is "Break a Leg"?
The part of the stage projecting past the curtain line toward the audience.
What is the apron?
The planned movement of actors on stage.
What is a blocking?
Up Center
What is UC?
A group of actors on stage that say all of their lines together.
What is the chorus?
This is how stage hands use to cue one another to raise or lower curtains before they had intercom systems, so carelessly do "this" could mean accidentally sending a wrong cue. It is still considered bad luck to do this on stage.
What is whistling?
The area of the stage that the audience cannot see.
What is backstage?
The highest point of dramatic tension in a play.
What is the climax?
DR
What is Down Right?
The area that Greek drama was performed on.
What is the orchestra?
The appropriate time to give a performer flowers.
What is at the end of a performance?
The imaginary line on the stage below the grand drape.
What is the curtain line?
Conversation between two more characters in a play.
What is dialogue?
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What is Left Stage (or Stage Left)?
The concept of excessive pride that causes the tragic hero's downfall.
What is hubris?
The color of costume considered bad luck because it usually meant the company spent all of the budget on fabric.
What is blue?
The portion of the stage closest to the audience; toward the audience.
What is downstage?
ToThe rows of seats in a theatre the audience sits to watch a play.
What is the house?