Theater Jobs
Movement on stage
Basic Terms
Areas of stage
Theater Vocab
100

This person is in charge of money managing, securing rights, and hire the director and managers

What is the Producer?

100

When you go to a certain spot on stage at the right time

What is Hitting your mark?

100

This type of stage is characterized by a frame that is placed at the start of the apron

What is Proscenium?

100

What is it when you are visible to the audience? 

What is onstage?

100
A speech made by one person/actor

What is a monologue?

200

This person is responsible for handling the audience, cleaning and reporting any maintenance issues, and in charge of ushers.

What is the House Manager?

200

to move from one position on stage to another is called what

crossing

200

When an actor is facing the audience completely

What is full front?

200

What is it when you are not visible to the audience?

What is offstage?

200

speaking ones thoughts aloud

What is a Soliloquy?

300

This person is responsible for supervising a crew of of carpenters in the actual construction

What is The Master Carpenter

300

what is it called when you turn your body out towards the audience?

Cheat

300

When an actor is completely turned away from the audience

What is full back?

300

the area out of view from the audience?

What is backstage?

300

When an actor steals the attention from another actor?

What is Upstaging?

400

This person is in charge of teaching the cast dance moves and fighting scenes

What is the Choreographer?

400

what is it called when you move the opposite direction of another actor on stage

Counter Cross

400

Turned sideways towards the audience

What is Profile?

400

A part of the stage on the sides that are offstage

What are the wings?

400

When an actor speaks one or more lines ahead?

What is Jumping Lines?

500

This person oversees the daily operations of the box office and all of the office staff

What is the Ticket Manager?

500

how you determine the basic movements of actors

Blocking

500

Define a raked stage

A stage that is tilted towards the audience used mainly in older production

500

Area of the stage concealed by curtains that are used for electronic equipment

What are the legs?

500

An unskilled actor

What is a Ham?