Stage Directions
You walk toward the audience.
→ What direction are you moving?
Downstage
What is the character's want/need/desire called?
Objective
Where the audience sits...
House
In Harry Potter, this is the name of Harry's house.
Gryffindor
Audience surrounds the stage on all 4 sides
ARENA / IN-THE-ROUND
You move away from the audience.
→ What direction are you moving?
Upstage
Specific words in a script spoken by a character.
Lines
The time a technician or actor must arrive.
Call (or Call Time)
If you mix red and blue paint together, you get this color.
Purple
Open space that can be reconfigured
Black Box
You are asked to move toward the audience and then to the actor's left. Where are you?
Downstage Left
A convention signaling the end of a scene, act, or play
Blackout/Curtain
Full run with costumes, lights, sound & sets.
DRESS REHEARSAL
This Disney movie features a young girl named Mirabel and a magical family
Encanto
Stage extends into auditorium • audience on 3 sides
Thrust
Where are you if the director asks you to cross from Downstage Left UP AND RIGHT?
Center stage
What is the difference between ACTS and SCENES?
Acts are bigger than scenes. (any variation of this)
Offstage areas immediately beside the acting area.
WINGS
A shrimp's heart is located in this part of its body.
Head
Long, narrow stage • audience on 2 opposite sides
TRAVERSE
Arch separating stage from audience.
PROSCENIUM
Short selected excerpts from a full play, often used in auditions.
Sides
Precise signal for an action to occur.
CUE
This animal can taste with its feet.
Butterfly
“Picture frame” arch • audience in front
PROSCENIUM