Ancient Greece
The ancient Greek amphitheater gets it's name from this phenomenon.
The AMPLIFICATION of sound bouncing off the mountain sides.
You can move these around the space- could be different for each show.
Seating.
Chairs.
Audience.
This feature gives this theater it's proper name.
Arch
The proper stage direction for when an actor is front and center.
Center Stage.
In-the-round
The playing space was called...
Orchestra
This technical tool is visible in this type of theater.
Lighting grid
4th wall.
Letting you know when it's your turn to act
Cue
The type of stage we have at BCCS
Platform
This group of actors spoke in unison.
The Greek Chorus.
Just as a visual artist may look at blank canvas, a theater artist may like this about a black box.
Neural
Black Slate
Flexible
Proscenium, but from the Greek...
"In front of the skene"
Only seen in parenthesis and italics, giving clues from the writer to the reader.
Stage directions
Could be used during a fashion show
Traverse stage
This is the name of the first actor to ever have their own line.
Thespis
Unlike a Broadway musical, shows here are different in this way...
low budget
This is what the stage is called... but only in front of the arch.
Apron
The theater term for pause.
beat
Often used when performing "Shakespeare in the Park."
Open Air Theater
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
This was about when the black box theater became popular.
1950s- 1960s
Where the live music would play from if appropriate, named after the Greek "playing space."
Orchestra
The furthest part of the stage, closest to the audience. And then, away from them.
Downstage/ Upstage
3/4 of an audience, with the stage jutting forth.
Thrust Stage