Smaller room. Lights are above on a grid. Audience can move to any formation. Black walls, floors, and ceiling.
What is Blackbox
100
Middle section of the stage.
What is Center Stage.
100
The director wants to take a look at the actor who is auditioning a second time.
What is a Call Back.
100
Anything an actors uses to enhance their performance.
What is Prop.
200
Off stage area to the right and left of the stage.
What is Wings
200
Three sided audience. Stage juts out into the audience. You can still have a large set. Also known as a Catwalk or Runway stage.
What is Thrust.
200
Front most part of the stage in front of the grand curtain.
What is Apron.
200
A full performance with lights, sound, costumes, etc., but there is no audience.
What is Dress Rehearsal.
200
Slope or Angle
What is a Rake.
300
Planned movement onstage which is decided by the director.
What is Blocking
300
Picture frame-like stage with audience on one side.
What is Proscenium Arch.
300
When you are center stage but you walk walk away from the audience.
What is USC (upstage center).
300
A rehearsal without actors so that tech crews can run through the show.
What is a Dry Tech.
300
The directors first glance at the person auditioning. The actor prepares a monologue and/or short song.
What is an Initial Audition.
400
Marking the stage with colored tape so the set crew knows where to put props.
What is Spike
400
Can happen anywhere and at anytime. Usually meant for Social Reform (political). The audience has no clue a performance is happening.
What is Found or Invisible Theatre.
400
When the actor moves to the left side of the stage (when looking from the audience's perspective).
What is Stage Right.
400
A rehearsal with actors that skip parts of the script to focus on the technical elements.
What is a Cue to Cue.
400
Long slender curtain that is in the Wings.
What is a Leg.
500
Tear the set down and return the stage to normal.
What is Strike
500
Audience completely surrounds the stage. The stage can be any shape. Lights are usually above on a grid. Actors enter for tunnels and are never able to stay open.
What is Theatre in the Round.
500
When starting from center stage, the actor walks towards the audience and then toward their left.
What is Downstage Left (DSL).
500
During the Read Through, actors sit and read the script specifically for what (two things).
What is Pronunciation and Comprehension.
500
Where Found Theatre originated by Augusto Boal (country).