Theatre Vocab #1

A theater space with plain black walls and flexible seating

• Black Box Theater

• Thrust Stage

• Arena Stage

• Fourth Wall

A stage that extends into the house where the audience sits on three sides of the stage

• House

• Black Box Theater

• Arena Stage

• Thrust Stage

A stage that has seats on all sides - also known as "theatre in the round"

• Arena Stage

• Thrust Stage

• Black Box Theater

• Box Office

Any area which is not the stage or backstage area. It is where the audience sits for the show, but also includes the lobby, coat check, ticketing counters, and restrooms.

• Box Office

• House

• Fourth Wall

• Black Box Theater

The imaginary wall through which the audience watches the action of the play.

• Strike

• Stage Directions

• Fourth Wall

• Black Box Theater

Located in the front of the house or lobby area in a theater where audience members can buy tickets.

• Fourth Wall

• House

• Box Office

• Blocking

Instructions in the text of a play to indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

• Strike

• Stage Directions

• House

• Blocking

 The physical arrangement of actors and their movements on stage.

• Blocking

• Stage Directions

• Fourth Wall

• Strike

After the end of a production - all cast and crew members take down the set and other elements of the show (lights, costumes, props)

• Blocking

• Fourth Wall

• Strike

• Stage Directions

 According to the Ancient Greeks, he was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play.

• House

• Strike

• Thespis

• Blocking