Stage Directions

From who's perspective are stage directions given?

• Director's

• Actor's

• Stage Manager's

• It doesn't matter

Draw a smiley face DOWNSTAGE

What does a "Cross" look like onstage?

• An actor moving really quickly across the stage

• An actor doing a T pose onstage

• An actor moving diagonally across the stage

• An actor entering from upstage

What is the shorthand for Upstage Right?

• ⬆️➡️

• upR

• USR

• ⬆️SR

A 'raked' stage means that...

What would a cross from Downstage Left to Upstage Center look like?

Blocking notes that are pre-written in a script have to be followed by every production

• True

• False

What happens if you don't have a pencil to write your blocking in your script during rehearsal?

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How confident are you in your direction giving skills as a director?

• Very (I'm practically a living compass)

• Pretty (I got this no problem)

• Sorta (It takes me a minute to think it through)

• Not at all (I simply cannot retain the information)

When one actor moves in the opposite direction of another actor making a cross, that is called a __________ cross