Stage Directions
The area of the stage closest to the audience.
What is Down Stage?
The area to the right of the audience when facing the stage
What is House right?
The areas to the side of the stage, offstage, to hide actors and scenery.
What are the wings?
The middle of the stage or 'playing area'
The area to the left of the audience when facing the stage
What is house left?
Rooms where cast members apply wigs, make-up and change into costumes.
What is a dressing room?
The area of the stage to the performer's left, when facing the audience
What is Stage Left?
Where tickets are sold to the public
What is the box office?
The smallest division of a play is called...?
Scene
The area of the stage to the performer's right, when facing the audience
What is stage right?
The area in a theatre used for public entry. Ticket counters, concessions, and restrooms.
What is Front of House?
The lounge backstage. Where actors wait when they are not needed onstage or in their dressing rooms.
What is the green room?
The part of the stage in front of the proscenium arch
What is the apron?
What is the house?
An elevated platform, in which many of the technical functions of a theatre, such as lighting and sound may be manipulated
What is a catwalk?