Theatre Chapter 7 & 8

A small-scale, three-dimensional version of the set

• A Model

• A Picture

• A Rendering

• A Turntable

A circular revolving unit that is set into the floor, and which can turn mechanically to bring one set into view as another disappears.

• A Model

• A Wagon

• A Turntable

• A Revolving Set

A gauze or cloth screen that, when painted and lit from the front, appears solid, but when lit from behind becomes transparent.

• A cyclorama

• A teaser

• A scrim

• A leg

The area behind the playing area of a thrust stage that allows for entrances and exits as well as scene changes

• The legs

• The wings

• The greenroom

• The stage house

The term for a fairly complete sketch made by the scene designer, usually done in color.

• A sketch

• A design

• A rendering

• A model

A low platform on wheels upon which set pieces and even actors are brought onstage.

• A cart

• A set on wheels

• A turntable

• A wagon

Canvas stretched on wood with the side facing the audience painted to look like a solid wall.

• A flat

• A wall

• A hard flat

• A scrim

A theater environment is one that will use more than one playing area, and that some activity is happening in several of those spaces at the same time.

• Proscenium

• Black Box

• Multifocus

• Thrust stage

Another term for the proscenium types of stage.

• Black box

• Fourth wall space

• Thrust stage

• Arch stage

A term for the area closest to the audience as it related to the position of the actors on a raked stage

• Down stage

• Bottom stage

• Up stage

• Center stage