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McWhorter stage space, positions, and tech

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Number 2, is what stage direction?

a)

UC- Up Stage Center

b)

C- Center Stage

c)

DC- Down Stage Center

2.

Number 3, is what stage direction?

a)

UL- Up Stage Left

b)

DL- Down Stage Left

c)

UR- Up Stage Right

d)

DR- Down Stage Right

3.

Number 5, is what stage direction?

a)

M- Middle Stage

b)

MC- Middle Stage Center

c)

C- Center Stage

d)

UC- Up Stage Center

4.

Number 7, is what stage direction?

a)

DR- Down Stage Rigght

b)

UR- Up Stage Right

c)

DL- Down Stage Left

d)

UL-Up Stage Left

5.

This stage is a performance space with audience members on only one side.

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

6.

This stage is a performance space with audience members on three sides.

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

7.

This stage is a performance space with audience members on all four sides (all around).

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

8.

What is a stage?

a)

The stage is a designated space for the performance of productions.

b)

The back of a building where people stand to watch a performance.

c)

The area behind an audience.

9.

Where is the apron?

a)

The Apron is behinds wings.

b)

The Apron is the kitchen.

c)

The Apron is a section of the stage floor which projects towards or into the auditorium.

10.

Which of the following image shows a proscenium arch?

a)
b)
c)
11.

What is the Cyclorama?

a)

The Cyclorama is a plain cloth or plastered wall filling the rear of the stage.

b)

The area housing the orchestra or band.

c)

The Cyclorama is an area that is a part of a stage but offstage (out of sight of the audience).

12.

This raked stage illustrates the origins of what theatre blocking terms?

a)

Stage Left, Stage Right

b)

Backstage

c)

Enter, Exit, Cross/Move

d)

Upstage, Downstage

13.

Words spoken by a character to the audience rather than to the other characters, who supposedly DO NOT hear the speech.

a)

Aside

b)

Audition

c)

Authentic

14.

The director’s planned movement for the actor’s.

a)

Moving

b)

Blocking

c)

Crossing

15.

During a musical, the orchestra usually sits in the ____________.

a)

Wings

b)

Backstage

c)

Pit

d)

Lobby

16.

The stage opening is called the ____________.

a)

Parenski

b)

Presidio

c)

Thrust

d)

Proscenium

17.

The curtain that closes off almost the entire stage is called the ____________.

a)

Grand Teaser

b)

Grand Drape

c)

Act Curtain

d)

Cyc

18.

The off-stage area where scenery can be stored is called the ____________ area.

a)

Wing

b)

Call Board

c)

Green Room

d)

Tormentor

19.

A narrow horizontal masking piece, normally black, to mask the lighting rig and flown scenery from the audience, and to provide an upper limit to the scene. (They hide the wings and backstage areas.)

a)

Channel

b)

Company

c)

C-Clamp

d)

Borders

20.

The imaginary wall between the actors and the audience is known as the ...?

a)

First wall

b)

Second wall

c)

Third wall

d)

Fourth wall