Types of Stages
A type of stage where the audience sits on three sides.
What is a thrust stage?
The place where the audience waits before a show.
What is the lobby?
The place where paint is stored.
What is the paint shop?
The word you say to let the next person know they can climb a ladder.
What is "clear"?
The place the actors sign in before a show and check for announcements.
What is the callboard?
A type of stage where the audience views the action through a "picture frame."
What is a proscenium stage?
The place where the audience sits.
What is the house?
The place where the actors wait right before they go onstage.
What are the wings?
The number of points of contact you should always have with the ladder.
What is three?
The place props live before the actor takes it onstage.
What is the prop table?
A type of stage also called an "arena stage."
What is "in-the-round"?
The place where the audience buys tickets for the show (or picks them up if they ordered online).
What is the box office?
The place where weights are loaded onto the arbors for the counterweight fly system.
What is the loading bridge?
You should never leave these on top of a ladder.
What are loose tools?
The place where props are made or stored.
What is the prop shop?
An audience sits on one side of this type of stage.
What is a proscenium?
The direction to the audience's right when they are facing the stage.
What is house right?
The place where the lights and sound are controlled.
What is the tech booth?
The giant curtain that comes down and separates the audience from the stage in case of a fire.
What is a fire curtain?
The place where the actors enter and exit the theatre.
What is the stage door?
This type of stage just out into the audience.
What is a thrust stage?
The direction to the actor's left when the actor is facing the audience.
What is stage left?
The place backstage where the stage manager calls the show.
What is the stage manager's booth?
Wear closed-toed shoes, tie back your hair, and don't have on headphones are three of them.
The place where an actor gets ready before a show.
What is a dressing room?