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STAGE TERMINOLOGY

Learn key terms used in theater production such as fly system, grand drape, and tech booth. Understand the backstage and onstage elements crucial to a well-run show. Enhance your theater vocabulary with this comprehensive guide.

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STAGE TERMINOLOGY

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  1. STAGE TERMINOLOGY

  2. Pipes that can be lowered and raised, and are used to fly scenery, curtains, or electrics in and out of sight are called • I beams • battens • batons • Light bars

  3. The place where the audience sits during a play is called • foyer • lobby • Auditorium (house) • vestibule

  4. The system of ropes, pulleys, and weights used to move scenery, drapery, and electronic equipment up and down above the stage and on the stage is called • Fly system • Rope System • Storage Gear • Flat system

  5. The flame resistant curtain that is used to separate the stage area from the audience in an emergency is called • Panic drop • Fire cutrain • Act curtain • Grande drape (main curtain)

  6. The stage opening that frames the stage is called • Proscenium • Spanakopeta • Agora • Encomium

  7. The off-stage area where scenery can be stored and actors can be in waiting is called • wings • legs • thorax • alcoves

  8. The area where the scenery is built and painted is called • Scene shop • Chop shop • Soda shop • Costume shop

  9. A large piece of fabric painted to resemble some place or some thing is called • drop • prop • flop • shop

  10. At the very back of the seating area is the __________________ where sound and light technicians can run the cues for a show. • Tech booth • alcove • Front of house • Splay port

  11. The ________ is where the actors hang our when they are not on stage for an extended time. • lobby • Dressing room • Green room • Scene shop

  12. Director’s backstage liaison. Must be able to direct “live” action including scene changes and problem solving. Key to a well-run show. • Personal assistant • Prop Master • Stage Manager • Wardrobe Mistress

  13. The decorative curtain closest to the proscenium arch that closes off the stage is called the ____________. • Grande Drape • traveler • Fire curtain • cyclorama

  14. Curtains that can close off part of the stage from the audience and can travel horizontally in and out are called • travelers • tormentors • tentacles • teasers

  15. A(n) ________ is a large canvas backround that is the last curtain and is often white to allow for different colors of light to be shot against it. • agitator • drop • batten • cyclorama

  16. The public area where there may be concessions, ticket sales and waiting areas is called • auditorium • Green room • wings • lobby

  17. The area of the stage between the main curtain and the orchestra pit is called the _________. (Hint: it cannot be closed off by the curtain) • No mans land • precipice • shelf • apron

  18. The curtains that hide the wing areas from the audience • Legs • Teasers • Tormentors • Backdrops

  19. This is a_______. • stile • plat • backdrop • flat

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