What kind of stage is this?

What kind of stage is this?

A ____________ theater is designed so that the actors are always facing the audience, unless the director gives them directions to turn for some reason.

The one drawback of this type of theatre can be actually distance, because all the audience is directly in front of the stage, the seats in the back of the theater actually can be very distant, depending on the size of the house.

A _________ stage has a proscenium arch far upstage, but the main acting area juts, or "________" out into the audience so the actors have audience on THREE sides of them.

The only real disadvantage to a _________ stage is that when actors are downstage on the ________, it's hard for people on the sides to see all the actor's FACES.

The advantage to a black-box theater, also known as an _____________ theatre, is that it’s so FLEXIBLE. The great thing about ___________ style is that you can get the maximum number of audience members in CLOSE TO THE ACTORS.

One thing that you can’t do on an _________ stage is have a lot of big SET PIECES. The audience is close enough to see that you have exactly the right PROP, and will appreciate the details.

One of the other benefits of a _____________ theater is that you have a great deal more options with regard to SCENERY, because the SCENERY can be to the side and behind the performers, it doesn’t block the view of the actors for the AUDIENCE.

What area of the stage is number 1?

What area of the stage is number 3?

What are of the stage is number 5?

What are of the stage is number 9?

What area of the stage is number 7?

What area of the stage is UPSTAGE CENTER?

What area of the stage is DOWNSTAGE CENTER?

What area of the stage is CENTER STAGE RIGHT?

What area of the stage is CENTER STAGE LEFT?

If Bob is facing number 17, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 13, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 14, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 10, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 16, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 11, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 12, what is his body position?

If Bob is facing number 15, what is his body position?

toward the audience

away from the audience- toward the back wall

The space between two curtain legs where and actor enters the stage or exits the stage.

The part of the stage that falls before the Grand Drape

The curtain that hides the lighting instruments.

The big curtain at the front of the stage that opens and closes.

The small ornamental curtain in front of the grand drape

Legs hide the wing area from the audience, and the first set of legs are called the ______________.

Curtains that can close off part of the stage from the audience's view are called ____________________. They can be mid-stage and upstage.

A ________ is a large backdrop that is the last curtain. It hangs just far enough from the upstage wall to allow actors to walk behind it, to get from one side of the stage to the other. It is often white , so it can be turned different colors just by shining different colors of light on it.

A large piece of painted fabric, much like the cyc, but painted to resemble some thing or some place, is called a _____________.

A specialty curtain that looks a lot like a cyc is called a ________. It is made of a see-through material that looks solid when lit from the front... and transparent when lit from the rear.

If a table lamp is used in the play, it would be really inconvenient to run an extension cord up to one of the electrics. Anything used close to floor level is plugged into ___________. These are lighting outlet in the stage floor itself.

The _________________ is where the carpenters build the sets, and the scenic artists paint them.

The ______________ is where costumes are cut out, sewn, and fitted to each actor.

The _________________________ is the nerve center of a theater. One of the first things you learn in theater is to look at the ___________ several times a day. Rehearsal schedules, tech schedules, sign-up sheets, and all theater related messages are posted there.

The _______________ is where the actors hang out when they're not on-stage for an extended time. There is a feed from the sound system in here so they can hear the actors on stage as well as the stage manager calling warnings to get in place for their upcoming scenes.

The ________________________ are where the actors change clothes, do make-up, and get ready to perform.

The place where the audience sits during a play is called the _____________.

At the very back of the auditorium is the _________________________. This is where the sound technicians run all the sound effects and sound reinforcement during a show. The sound techs need to hear what the audience hears, in order to make corrections and tweak sound levels during a show.

One flight up, behind the balcony, is the ______________. This is where the lighting technicians control the lights, and the stage manager calls the cues for the show over intercom.

Another flight up is the _______________________________ lighting position. Electricians hang, plug, focus and gel lighting instruments that light the downstage areas from here. Once the electricians are finished here, this area is vacated, unless there is a problem like a burned out lamp, or a malfunctioning lighting instrument.

Heading towards the stage, we see the lighting positions on the sides of the proscenium. These lighting positions are called ____________________________.