Terms & Definitions
In theatre, this person is in charge of all creative and artistic choices.
Who is the Director?
A literary and dramatic genre designed to entertain and make people laugh.
The kind of stage that has the audience sit on ONE side of the stage.
What is a Proscenium stage?
This is where you go if a director says "Center Stage."
*Move to center stage*
This is how you respond when Ms. Hudson says "Hold!"
What is "Holding?"
The area where the audience sits.
What is the House?
A serious play or story where a main character faces a downfall
What is Tragedy?
The kind of stage that has the audience sit on FOUR sides of the stage.
What is an Arena stage?
This is where you go if the director says "Downstage Left."
*Moves Downstage Left*
This is the area where you get materials needed for class (clipboard, pencils, etc.)
What is the Scholar's Station?
The section of the stage that extends past the main curtain line.
What is the Apron?
A type of stage or film show that tells a story using a mix of spoken dialogue, singing, and dancing.
What is a Musical?
The kind of stage that has the audience sit on THREE sides of the stage.
What is a Thrust stage?
This is where you go if the director says "Upstage Right."
*Moves Upstage Right*
What is Ms. Hudson's 1st Non-Negotiable?
What is "Be Safe?"
The imaginary, invisible boundary separating the actors on the stage from the audience.
What is the Fourth Wall?
A theatrical production that relies primarily on spoken dialogue, dramatic action, and storytelling.
What is a Straight Play?
Yes or No: Are there ONLY 3 types of stages?
What is No?
This area is farther away to the audience because on older stages, you would physically be moving farther away to the audience.
What is Upstage?
What is Ms. Hudson's 3rd Non-Negotiable?
What is "I'm Not Your Mama?"
A specific trigger (a line, sound or light change) for an action.
What is a Cue?
A staged theatrical art form where a dramatic story is told entirely through singing and music rather than spoken dialogue.
What is Opera?
This stage views the audience through a "picture frame."
What is a Proscenium stage?
This area is closer to the audience because on older stages, you would physically be moving closer to the audience.
What is Downstage?
What is Ms. Hudson's 4th Non-Negotiable?
What is "You have a brain, make sure you use it?"