Theatre Vocabulary Part 2. -updated

Usually the entire stage area not visible to the audience.

• Electric
• Upstage
• Electric
• Backstage/Offstage

any pipe or bar that hangs from the ceiling that contains electricity. (the stage lights are hung from these)

• Flats
• Electric
• Apron
• Barrel

a wall of scenery. This comes in various sizes and can also contain a door or window.

• Flats
• Grand Drape
• Legs
• Travelers

this is the system of counter weights that controls the fly system which brings curtains or set pieces onto the stage

• Pit
• Wings
• Electric
• Fly Rail

The front, often decorative, curtain of a stage.

• Travelers
• Grand Drape
• Legs
• Border

The audience area.

• Backstage/Offstage
• Upstage
• House
• Flats

Narrow curtains in the wings to mask the backstage areas.

• Travelers
• Legs
• Grand Drape
• Pit

the lower area in which the orchestra or band play during a musical.

• Downstage
• Apron
• Pit
• Flats

Curtains that meet in the center. They “travel” across the stage.

• Grand Drape
• Travelers
• Legs
• Cyclorama

Short curtains that disguise the lights from audience view.

• Travelers
• Grand Drape
• Legs
• Border