Parts of the Stage
The exact middle of the stage.
What is center stage?
The part of the stage closest to the audience.
What is downstage?
Greek actors wore these to cover their face.
What are masks?
The purging of emotions after viewing a piece of art.
A musical on Disney + about the American Revolution, named after one of the founding fathers.
What is Hamilton?
The name for the large, main curtain that opens and closes at the front of the stage.
What is the grand drape?
The part of the stage to the actors' left.
What is stage left?
A group of actors who sing narration in a play.
What is the Greek chorus?
A program provided to the audience when seeing a show, containing information on the play and the actors in it.
What is a playbill?
The Musical being performed at Greer High in the spring of 2022.
What is Hairspray?
The scenery/background/location in a play.
What is the set?
Part of the stage closest to the back of the stage.
What is upstage?
The first actor.
Who is Thespis?
The term for when an actor stands tall, plants their feet, and doesn't move or fidget.
What is a strong actor's stance?
The musical we watched together in class before Christmas break.
What is She Loves Me?
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
The area off-stage where actors are hidden from the audience.
What are the wings?
The part of the stage to the audiences' left.
What is stage right?
The Greek God of Theatre, wine, and vegetation.
Who is Dionysus?
A body form used to draw costume sketches and renderings.
What is a croqui?
What is One Christmas Eve at Evergreen Mall?
A stage with a picture-frame like arch surrounding it. (Hint: we have one here at GHS!)
The term for the way stages used to be slanted upwards in order for the audience to see them better.
What is a rake?
The term for someone who likes and/or participates in theatre.
What is a thespian?
The term for facing your shoulders and face to the audience while on stage.
What is cheating out?
A musical released in theaters in 2021 about a boy with a cast.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?