Theatre 1: Stage Terms

What is it called when you draw attention to yourself when the focus should be on another actor? 

• Cheating Out

• Upstaging

• Stage Business

• Traveling 

Which type of stage would work best for a fashion show? 

• Traverse
• Black Box
• Proscenium
• Theatre in the Round

What is the name of the curtain that covers the back and side walls of the stage area? 

• Main Rag
• Stage Curtain
• Traveler
• Cyclorama

What type of main curtain lowers from the ceiling? 

• Traveler
• Cyclorama
• Guillotine
• Drop Curtain

What is the area where the audience sits called?

• Crib
• Condo
• House
• Auditory 

Staging a scene or telling the actors where to go and when is called what? 

• Blocking
• Marking
• Cross overs
• Guiding

What is a stage called that is slightly tilted from back to front? 

• Sloped
• Raked
• Alpine
• Concaved

What is the middle section of a stage called? 

• Middle Stage
• Epicenter
• Center Stage
• Highpoint

What are the offstage areas to the left and right of the stage called? 

• Sidelines
• Offsides
• Whales
• Wings

Slightly turning your body toward the audience is called what?

• Stapling
• Twisting
• Cheating Out
• Cheating Up