Lite It Up
Through the eyes of a character in the play, the audience is able to see a scene from a time before the play exists.
What is flashback?
The area that extends in front of the grand drape.
What is the apron?
Amount of time represented by the play.
What is dramatic time?
Actor appearing before the director to try out for a production.
What is audition?
Area used for storage of scenery and props.
What is backstage area?
Used for general illumination.
What are floodlights?
The auditorium or seating area.
What is the house?
Final stage of musical development when all of the technical elements, costumes, and makeup come together.
What is dress rehearsal?
When certain actors are asked to return for a second audition.
What is a callback?
Makes the actor appear different than normal.
What is character makeup?
Provides visibility to the whole stage.
What is general lighting?
Out of the sight of the audience.
What is offstage?
The area closest to the the audience.
What is downstage?
A signal to begin action or dialogue.
What is a cue?
Instructions for changes in lighting, sound, and scenery shifts.
What is a cue sheet?
Permanent stage lighting positions.
What is a lighting plot?
Area of the stage to the actor's left when facing the audience.
What is stage left?
The person responsible for rehearsing the actors.
Who is the director?
Building a scene with little preplanning and no script.
What is improvisation?
The drawing of the setting as seen from above.
What is a floor plan?
Not lit at all, but instead, leaves the stage in complete darkness.
What is a blackout?
Area closest to the back wall of a proscenium stage.
What is upstage?
Panel used to raise and lower the intensity of the lighting.
What is the dimmer board?
Articles that are carried by the actors.
What are hand props?
May include historical research about the play.
What is the dramaturg?