Stages
Name one of the four main types of stages.
Proscenium Stage
Thrust Stage
Arena Stage
Non-Traditional Theater Space
What is the space called where the audience sits?
The House
OR
Auditorium
What are the wings?
The off-stage areas located to the immediate left and right of the main performance space that remain hidden from the audience's view.
What is the first, most downstage curtain?
Fire Curtain
DR stands for what?
Down Right
What is an example of a non-traditional theater space?
Anything that IS NOT a theater.
Black Box is also acceptable.
What is the highest level of audience seating?
The Balcony.
Name something you would find on a call board?
Schedules, Updates, Sign-Ups, Info
What curtain is in the middle of the stage?
Black Curtain
OR
Center Black
First letter of their first name that is circled?
Where does the audience sit in a thrust stage?
Three sides of the stage.
What is a prosceinum arch?
The architectural frame or opening that separates the stage from the auditorium in a theater.
What is a stage door?
A private entrance and exit used by actors, musicians, and crew members to get inside and outside a theater.
Which curtain in theatre is a semi-transparent, gauzy fabric screen that changes from opaque to transparent depending on how it is lit?
Scrim Curtain
What is the blocking notation for...
Enters Up Left, then crosses Down Center?
EN UL, X DC
Where does the audience sit in an arena stage?
All four sides around the space.
What is an apron?
The section of a theater stage that extends past the proscenium arch or main curtain and projects forward into the audience.
Where is our green room located in our building?
It's this room. The classroom.
What is a leg curtain?
A leg curtain in a theatre is a tall, narrow vertical drape hung on the sides of the stage to hide the offstage wings from the audience.
What is the symbol for a door?
A pickaxe.
How can you tell you are in a proscenium space?
The proscenium arch
AND
The audience faces one side
What people are inside of the tech booth?
Sound and Light operators, and the Stage Managers.
What is the specialized workshop where physical sets, scenery, and large stage props are built, painted, and assembled before a production called.
Scene Shop
Which curtain is a large, seamless neutral backdrop hung at the very rear (upstage) of a theater stage to simulate open space, distance, or the sky?
Cyclorama
OR
Cyc
What is the symbol for business?
Cursive B and Z.