Stage Vocabulary Quiz # 1

Act Curtain

• A play which is predominantly serious.

• An unwritten line made up by the actor.

• Large piece of cloth hung at the back of a stage on which scenery is painted.

• The main or front curtain.

Ad lib

• A funny or lighthearted play.

• An unwritten line made up by the actor.

• A signal for something to happen; the line/business on which the signal is given.

• Section of the stage in front of the act curtain.

Amateur

• To eliminate from a script or the show.

• To try and hide a mistake.

• Someone who works in the theatre for little or no pay.

• A rehearsal with all parts of the show except the audience.

Apron

• Section of the stage in front of the act curtain.

• To make the stage completely dark.

• White curtain hanging at the back of the stage on which lights are focused.

• At the end of a show when all the actors reappear, bow, and receive applause.

Backdrop

• White curtain hanging at the back of the stage on which lights are focused.

• The main or front curtain.

• Large piece of cloth hung at the back of the stage on which scenery is painted.

• Long, horizontal curtains hanging above the stage.

Backstage

• Stage action.

• Any parts of the theater which the audience will not see.

• Section of the stage in front of the act curtain.

• To move from one place to another on stage. Written as "X".

Batten

• A pipe hanging above the stage from which scenery of lights are hung.

• System of lines and weights which allows crew to easily raise the battens.

• The time you are expected to be present for rehearsal or performance.

• To make the stage completely dark.

Blackout

• To eliminate from a script or the show.

• To try and hide a mistake.

• To move from one place to another on stage. Written as "X".

• To make the stage completely dark.

Blocking

• To move from one place to another on stage. Written as "X".

• When and where the actors move on stage, as determined by the director.

• Stage action.

• To try and hide a mistake.

Border

• The main or front curtain.

• White curtain hanging at the back of the stage on which lights are focused.

• Long, horizontal curtains hanging above the stage.

• Large piece of cloth hung at the back of the stage on which scenery is painted.