Ancient Greece
Black Box & Proscenium
She Kills Monsters
Theater Terms
Other Spaces
100

The ancient Greek amphitheater gets it's name from this phenomenon.

The AMPLIFICATION of sound.

100

In a black box theater, you can move this around the space- could be different for each show.

Seating.

Chairs.

Audience.

100

D&D stands for _____ while DM stands for ______

Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeon Master

100

The proper stage direction for when an actor is front and center.

Center Stage.

100

When the audience is surrounding the stage all sides

Theater-in-the-round

200

The playing space was called...

Orchestra 

200

This technical tool is visible in a black box theater.

Lighting grid

200

This character is a cheerleader but described as "punk rock-ish."

Vera

200

Letting you know when it's your turn to act

Cue

200

The type of stage we have at BCCS

Platform

300

This group of actors spoke in unison so everyone could hear.

The Greek Chorus.

300

This feature gives the Proscenium it's proper name.

Proscenium Arch
300

The D&D world where the game takes place.

New Landia

300

Only seen in parenthesis and italics, giving clues from the writer to the reader.

Stage directions

300

Could be used during a fashion show

Traverse stage

400

"Skene" is the origin of "scene" but what was it used for?

Backstage

400

On a proscenium stage, this type of wall separates the actors from the audience.

4th wall

400

Tilly dies in a car crash after Agnes makes what declaration? 

"I wish I didn't have such a geeky sister!"

400

The theater term for pause.

Beat.

400

Often used when performing "Shakespeare in the Park."

Open Air Theater

500

This is the name of one of the theaters Ms. K visited while she was in Greece. It is the largest working ancient Greek amphitheater today.

Epidaurus 

500

This was about when the black box theater became popular.

1950s- 1960s

500

This character seems to enjoy eating the flesh of humans... it's weird. 

Lilith Morningstar

500

Heading away from the audience...

Upstage

500

3/4 of an audience, with the stage jutting forth.

Thrust Stage