Curtain Up
The curtain at the front of the stage, closest to the audience.
What is the Grand Curtain?
The only light on the SBMS stage that is manually operated.
What is the spotlight?
The person in charge of promoting the show and advertising.
Who is the publicist?
The composer of Into the Woods.
The room in which the actors gather to prepare for the show.
What is the Green Room?
Vertical curtains that hang in the wings and hide actors and set pieces from the audience.
What are legs?
What is a fresnel?
Teaches the dances to the cast.
Who is the choreographer?
This character was played in 1987 by Bernadette Peters.
Who is The Witch?
The area in front of the grand curtain when it is closed.
What is the apron?
The opening of the stage where the curtain hangs.
What is the proscenium?
A thin metal disc that can create shapes in light.
What is a gobo?
A technique of fighting on stage to make it look real but still safe for all of the actors involved.
What is stage combat?
The character Mrs. Bartlett played in high school.
Who is Little Red Riding Hood?
The part of the theatre where the audience sits.
What is the house?
The curtain at the back of the stage that used to be curved. Ours is white.
What is the cyc?
The kind of light that is the most versatile on stage. It has its own built-in shutters and can change shape and color.
What is an ellipsoidal?
A person who covers for an actor when they are out of a show. They are responsible for learning many parts but they are not in the show every day.
What is a swing?
In 1987 they were a prop, in 2002 they were a person, and in 2022, they were a puppet.
Who was Milky White?
The place where the orchestra sits.
What is The Pit?
A special curtain which is opaque when you shine light on it from in front, but translucent when you shine light on it from the back.
What is a scrim?
Colorful, thin, plastic-like material put in front of a light to change its color.
What is a gel?
James Lapine took on this job for the 2012 revival of Annie.
What is Director?
The character that says the last line in Act 1.
Who is The Narrator?
The name given to a slanted stage, or a slanted audience.
What is raked?