Vocab Quiz #1: Locations

The rope lines, pulleys, and counterweights that move theatre components like curtains, lights, scenery, stage effects and, sometimes, people.

• Apron/Forestage

• Box Office (place)

• Proscenium

• Fly System

A place where tickets to a production are being sold

• Box Office

• Box/Loge

• House

• Foyer

A very narrow walkway on the ceiling of a theatre where lights and scenery are hung from

• Catwalk

• Mezzanine

• Fly System

• Blackout

Balcony seating in an auditorium

• Orchestra Pit

• Mezzanine

• House

• Backcloth

A cloth hung to form the back of a set.

• Mezzanine

• Dressing

• Backcloth

• Wings

All lights in the auditorium and onstage are turned off

• Blackout

• House Lights

• Fly System

• Offstage

Entrance area of the theatre that usually contains the box office, concessions, & restrooms

• Proscenium

• Green Room

• Foyer

• Front of House

The auditorium or the audience (i.e. “How big is the ________ tonight?”)

• Foyer

• House

• Fourth Wall

• Dressing

Arch that frames front of a theatre stage

• Front of House

• Center Center

• Dressing

• Proscenium

An imaginary wall between the audience and actors on the stage during a show

• Proscenium

• Downstage

• Fourth Wall

• Upstage