Parts of a Proscenium Stage & Set Design

What is the proscenium arch?

• The area of the stage in front of the proscenium line

• The window, or frame, through which the audience sees the play

• A short curtain similar to teaser/border

• The narrow vertical curtains used to mask the wings

What is a valance?

• The areas immediately offstage left and right

• A short curtain similar to teaser/border

• The narrow vertical curtains used to mask the wings

• The curtain just behind the proscenium

What is a large white fabric backdrop hung far upstage called?

• flat

• traveler

• cyclorama

• curtain

What is the term for the area immediately offstage left and right?

• Wings

• Backdrop

• Proscenium

• Apron

What is the apron in a theatre?

• The area of the stage in front of the proscenium

• The curtain just behind the valance

• The areas immediately offstage left and right

• A large white fabric backdrop, hung far upstage

What is the fly system or rigging in a theatre?

• The system used to control the lighting

• The system used to move scenery and equipment up and down above a stage

• The system used to control the sound effects

• The system used to control the temperature of the theatre

What is a 'teaser' in theatre terminology?

• 1. Also called borders, they are short horizontal curtains used to hide lighting equipment

• The area immediately offstage left and right

• The narrow vertical curtains used to mask the wings

• The curtain just behind the proscenium

what is another name for the main curtain?

• teaser

• rear traveler

• the big one

• main traveler

A large gauze fabric backdrop that is see-through when lit from behind is called...

• border

• rear traveler

• scrim

• cyclorama

What is a full-color, front-view drawing of a set design called?

• floor plan

• rendering

• design art

• set drawing