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Intro to Theatre
The Stage
Body Positions
Acting Areas
Stage Terminology
100
Turning completely away from the audience and facing the rear of the stage.
What is full back
100
DL
What is downstage left
100
Nine to fifteen divisions of the stage floor used by directors when moving actors or placing furniture or scenery.
What is acting areas
200
The special literary style in which plays are written.
What is dramatic structure
200
Planning and working out the movements and stage grouping for a play.
What is blocking
300
Conversations between actors on a stage.
What is dialogue
300
UR
What is upstage right
400
One who writes plays.
What is playwright
400
Extends into the seating area of the audience with the audience sitting on three sides of the stage.
What is thrust stage
400
Moving from one point to another on stage
What is cross
400
CR
What is center right
500
A written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.
What is script
500
Any stage not classified as a proscenium, arena, or thrust.
What is flexible staging
500
Part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch toward the audience.
What is the apron
500
Imaginary divisions giving depth to the proscenium stage.
What is planes