Parts of the stage quiz

Which of the following is considered a stage with the audience on one side?

• Proscenium stage

• Thrust stage

• Arena

• Black box

Which type of stage is when the audience is seated on three sides

• Thrust stage

• Proscenium stage

• Arena Stage

• Blackbox stage

Which of the following is considered a stage with the audience on all sides?

• Proscenium stage

• Thrust stage

• Blackbox stage

• Arena Stage

Which type of stage can you change the seating arrangement to anything the director wants?

• Proscenium stage

• Thrust stage

• Flexible/Blackbox stage

• Arena Stage

What is the "house"?

• Where the audience sits

• Where the actors live

• Where the actors change their costumes

• Where the actors perform

What is the orchestra pit?

• Where the musicians sit and play

• Where the actors go offstage

• Where the actors practice lines

• The place where actors change their costumes

What is the "Apron"?

• The part of the stage that extends into the audience and is the furthest downstage.

• A costume piece

• Where the actors relax between scenes

• The curtains

What is the "Proscenium arch"?

• The frame around the stage

• an archway you drive under

• a curtain

• a prop

What are the "Wings" in a theatre?

• A prop to make actors fly

• The backstage areas Left and Right where the audience cannot see

• a costume piece

• Backstage behind the upstage curtain

What is a "traveller" in a theatre?

• A curtain that can open and close all the way horizontally

• a curtain that does not move

• an actor

• a scenic piece