Stage Directions
The direction to the left of the actor on stage.
Stage Left
Offstage spaces to the sides of the acting area
Wings
Stage with audience on all sides.
Arena
The fuel that drives acting, enlivens performances, creates empathy, and makes forceful characters.
Energy
Acting without words is called
Mime/Pantomime
In between 1/2 left and 3/4 left.
Profile left
Curtains covering the proscenium opening, separating the audience from the stage.
Grand Drape
Type of stage most common in theatre.
Proscenium
A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
Drama
A movement of any part of your body to help express an idea or an emotion.
Gesture
Stage Direction closest to the audience and on the actors right.
Downstage Right
This part of the stage extends past the proscenium arch towards the house.
Apron
Arena stage is also called
Theatre in the round
The directors planned movements and grouping of actors on the stage.
Blocking
Action of forming new ideas, images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.
Imagination
Direction when the actor is facing upstage.
Full back
The imaginary line that runs across the stage.
Proscenium Line
Type of stage most similar to a cat walk
Thrust
Special or traditional ways of doing things.
Conventional
These two terms fall under the "gesture" category
Facial Expressions & hand/arm movements
Part of the stage farthest away from the audience and in the center.
upstage center
Area in front of the stage that contains the performing instrumentalists
Orchestra Pit
A black box theatre would be considered this type of stage
Flexible Stage
An actor positions their body and feet to open out their body to face the audience.
Open out
the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by the body when gesturing specific actions.
Resistance