Types of Stages
Directions
Superstitions
Areas of the Stage
Rehearsals
Acting and movement
100

This is what most people think of as a traditional theatre stage 

Proscenium 

100

The front of the stage is called 

Downstage 

(will accept apron) 

100

What play title should you never speak in a theater? 

Macbeth 

100

the offstage area on either side 

The Wings

100

When you sit at a table and read the script out loud

Table Read

100

To walk across the stage

cross 

200

Stage with the audience on three sides of the acting space 

Thrust 

200

The back part of the stage still visible to the audience 

Upstage

200

Describe a ghost light and what it is used for 

200

the place where the audience sits 

The house

200

When you have the script memorized 

Off book 

200

To face the audience at all times 

Cheat Out
300

The phrase used to describe a stage with the audience on four, or all, sides. 

In the round

300

The Left part of the stage from the point of view of the actor 

Stage Left 

300

The phrase you say to someone who is about to start a show

Break a leg

300

the "picture frame" arch in many theatres

Proscenium arch 

300

the actions you do on the stage OR the part of the rehearsal when the director tells you where to stand on the stage

Blocking

300

describe the "fourth wall" or "breaking the fourth wall" 

looking out at the audience acknowledging that you are in a performance 

400

Another name for a "traverse" stage

Alley or Corridor 

400

The right side of the stage from the point of view of the actor 

Stage Right 

400

Why are there so many ghosts in theatres?

Up to you!

400

The area in front of the proscenium 


Apron 
400

rehearsal when you introduce technical elements 

Tech rehearsal 

400

Getting cast as the same type of characters over and over

Type cast

500

Bonus: Andrea's Last Name 

Gunoe

500

The left side of the stage from the point of the view of the audience 

Stage Right

500

Describe "spirit gum" 

adhesive for fake hair 

500

Curtains blocking the view in the wings of the theater

Legs

500

Rehearsal where everyone is in costume and all the tech has been added

Dress rehearsal 

500

Reading a scene in an audition or rehearsal when you have never read it before 

cold read

600

The right side of the stage from the point of view of the audience

Stage Left

600

Describe a monologue 

Talking for a while by yourself 

600

Stop and start rehearsal where you work on specific parts of the play as you go 

Work-through

600

The thing you do before an audition when you say your name and the part you will be reading 

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