Stage Positions
The main curtain
What is the Grand drape
System that allows the scenery to move in
what is the fly system?
Facing the audience
What is full front?
What are legs?
audience sits on three sides of the stage
What is a thrust stage?
room where actors relax when not performing
what is the green room?
Turned away from the audience
What is full back?
a complete circle stage, where the audience sits 360 degrees around the stage?
What is arena?
lowered part of the stage where orchestra plays
what is the orchestra pit?
The back curtain hiding backstage
What is the cyc?
the extension of the stage from the grand drape to the lip?
What is the apron?
entrances and exits into the auditorium
what is the vomitorium?
most common position for actors to remain open to audience
what is one quarter?
black curtain
What is the black curtain?
the concept of what the audience can and cannot see
what are sightlines?