Building the Ensemble
The word that best describes a group of artists working as a unified whole.
Ensemble
The area occupied by the audience
House
Who functions as the director’s liaison, assisting the director during rehearsals; is responsible for all back-stage activity after the show opens; calls the cues
Stage Manager
The typical manner in which something is done.
Convention
The imaginary barrier between the actor and audience
4th Wall
Dedicate yourself to having fun, but recognize that fun comes disguised as very intense energy and effort!
Work Ethic
Lights hang from this part of the theatre
Grid
Which person functions as the ultimate authority; gets the rights to perform the play; hires directors, designers, actors and crew; leases performance venue?
Producer/Financial Backer
Original meaning of the word theatre means “a seeing place.”
Theatre/Theatron
If your director asks you to walk downstage, which way do you move?
Toward the audience/apron
The ability to take the perspective of and feel the emotions of another person refers to our capacity to feel.
Empathy
The idea for the term upstage and down stage originally came from
Raked Stage
Which person leads the production team by establishing the vision for the production; coordinates the work of the designers, actors and crew to tell the same story; leads rehearsals?
Director
A rolling platform or wagon used to show a dead body.
Ekeklyma
Movements performed by an actor on stage, usually determined with the director.
Blocking
Performance artists must be willing to experience a range of emotions and share the experience with others. Open yourself up to fully listening and feeling and responding.
Take risks
An actor must adapt by acting “with the back” when working in this type of stage space
Arena Stage or Theatre in the Round
People responsible for the visual appearance of the set.
Scenic Designer
The entrance areas of a Greek theatre from which the audience would enter into the theatron.
Parados/Paradoi
You are facing profile, but your director tells you to “open up.” What do you do?
Cheat out
To think deeply and carefully about something
Reflection
The audience’s view of the stage space
Sight Lines
Responsible for reading designs from the designer and turning them into costumes. Makes patterns from designs and makes them fit actors.
Cutter/Draper
Machine of the Gods
Deus ex Machina
The left part of the stage, from the actor’s perspective looking out at the audience.
Stage Left