Stage Terms
The area where the performers present their work.
What is the STAGE
The clothes that the performers wear to display their character
What is a COSTUME
A performance consisting primarily of songs by the performers
What is a MUSICAL
The term describing the actors facing directly towards the audience
What is FULL FRONT
The term describing the actors spot on the stage directly in the middle of the stage
What is STAGE CENTER
The part of the theater where the orchestra plays.
What is the ORCHESTRA PIT
This term describes the brightening and darkening of the stage to set the mood
What is LIGHTING
A performance with strategic dialogue to share the story
What is a PLAY
The term describing the actors facing directly away from the audience
The term describing the spot on stage closest to the audience in the middle of the stage
What is DOWNSTAGE CENTER
The term that describes where the audience sits during a performance.
What is the HOUSE
This term describes the change of the noise to set the mood of the performance
What is SOUND
A performance where actors create the story on the spot with creativity
What is IMPROV
The term describing the actors facing slightly left or right still mostly towards the audience
What is 1/4 LEFT or RIGHT
The term describing the spot on the stage furthest away from the audience in the middle of the stage
What is UPSTAGE CENTER
The term that describes any part of the stage in front of the proscenium arch.
What is the APRON
This describes how the stage is strategically laid out to create the setting of the show
What is SCENERY
A performance full of acrobatic and other stunts
What is a CIRCUS
The term describing the actors facing slightly left or right but mostly away the audience
What is 3/4 LEFT or RIGHT
The term describing the spot on the stage furthest away from the audience in the back right of the stage (From the audience's view)
What is UPSTAGE LEFT
This term is the passage that allows the audience to enter or leave the theater
What is the VOMITORY
This technology often uses screen projections to interact with the audience
What is MULTIMEDIA
A storytelling performance full of amplified singing
What is an OPERA
The term describing the actors facing completely right or left from the audience
What is PROFILE LEFT or RIGHT
The term describing the spot on the stage closest to the audience in the front left of the stage (From the audience's view)
What is DOWNSTAGE RIGHT