WorksheetsParts of the stage quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following is considered a stage with the audience on one side?
Proscenium stage
Thrust stage
Arena
Black box
Which type of stage is when the audience is seated on three sides
Thrust stage
Proscenium stage
Arena Stage
Blackbox stage
Which of the following is considered a stage with the audience on all sides?
Proscenium stage
Thrust stage
Blackbox stage
Arena Stage
Which type of stage can you change the seating arrangement to anything the director wants?
Proscenium stage
Thrust stage
Flexible/Blackbox stage
Arena Stage
What is the "house"?
Where the audience sits
Where the actors live
Where the actors change their costumes
Where the actors perform
What is the orchestra pit?
Where the musicians sit and play
Where the actors go offstage
Where the actors practice lines
The place where actors change their costumes
What is the "Apron"?
The part of the stage that extends into the audience and is the furthest downstage.
A costume piece
Where the actors relax between scenes
The curtains
What is the "Proscenium arch"?
The frame around the stage
an archway you drive under
a curtain
a prop
What are the "Wings" in a theatre?
A prop to make actors fly
The backstage areas Left and Right where the audience cannot see
a costume piece
Backstage behind the upstage curtain
What is a "traveller" in a theatre?
A curtain that can open and close all the way horizontally
a curtain that does not move
an actor
a scenic piece
What is a "teaser" in a theatre?
A horizontal masking that is lowered to reduce the height of the opening
a curtain that blocks stage left and right
a curtain that opens and closes
a costume piece
What is a "Leg" in theatre?
something you break?
a curtain that masks backstage left and right (Wings)
a curtain that opens and closes
The furthest upstage curtain
What is a "Grand Drape" in theatre?
The main curtain closest to the audience
The furthest upstage curtain
The curtain in the middle of the stage
a prop
What is a "Trap door" in a theatre?
a door that leads to under the stage for actors to make quick exits or entrances
The door actors youse to go backstage
The door that leads to the stage
The door that leads to the theatre classroom
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#2
What is the most commonly used type of stage position?
Full front
3/4 left or right
1/4 Left or Right
Profile Left or Right
