wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Parts of the stage, body positions, basic theater vocabulary

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the audience seating area of a venue, also known as the auditorium, and by association, can also refer to the audience itself?

a)

House

b)

Stage

c)

Backstage

d)

Orchestra

2.

What is the part of a stage that extends out into the audience, beyond the proscenium arch, creating a performance area surrounded by the audience on three sides?

a)

Apron

b)

Wings

c)

Backdrop

d)

Fly loft

3.

What is the part of the stage closest to the audience, coming from the tradition of a raked stage where the front of the stage was physically lower?

a)

Downstage

b)

Upstage

c)

Backstage

d)

Wings

4.

What is the physical central area of a theatre stage, and by extension, a position of prominence, importance, or focus?

a)

Center Stage

b)

Backstage

c)

Orchestra Pit

d)

Green Room

5.

What is the part of the stage farthest from the audience, where performers move away from the audience?

a)

Upstage

b)

Downstage

c)

Wings

d)

Apron

6.

What are the directions relative to a performer facing the audience called?

a)

Stage right and left

b)

Upstage and downstage

c)

Front and back

d)

Left and right

7.

What are the offstage areas on either side of the acting area, out of the audience's sight, used by actors to wait before an entrance, for storing scenery and props, and for stagehands to work?

a)

Wings

b)

Apron

c)

Pit

d)

House

8.

What is a large, flat, white or seamless curtain or a curved, seamless wall that creates the illusion of an infinite background or open space, often for lighting effects, a sky, or other large scenic backdrops?

a)

Cyclorama

b)

Backdrop

c)

Scrim

d)

Proscenium

9.

What features an architectural proscenium arch that frames the stage, creating a 'fourth wall' separating the actors and the audience, who sit only in front of the stage?

a)

Proscenium line

b)

Arena stage

c)

Thrust stage

d)

Black box theater

10.

What is the area not visible to the audience, a specific passageway within or behind the stage that allows performers and technicians to move between the left and right wings discreetly during a performance without being seen by the audience?

a)

Backstage/Crossover

b)

Apron

c)

Orchestra Pit

d)

Proscenium

11.

What is the strongest body position on stage, open to the audience?

a)

Full Front

b)

Profile

c)

Quarter Turn

d)

Back

12.

What is the body position where the performer is turned slightly right or left; fairly open, strong positions; great for sharing a scene to include the audience?

a)

¼ Left or ¼ Right

b)

Full Front

c)

Profile Left or Right

d)

Full Back

13.

What is the body position where the performer is completely turned right or left; weak position; audience members cannot see or hear the actor clearly?

a)

Profile Left or Right

b)

Full Front

c)

Three-Quarter Turn

d)

Cheat Out

14.

What is the body position where the performer is turned at an angle upstage; weak positions; very few audience members can see and hear?

a)

¾ Left or ¾ Right

b)

Full Front

c)

Profile Left or Right

d)

Full Back

15.

What is the body position where the performer is faced completely away from audience; weakest position; never do when speaking?

a)

Full Back

b)

Profile

c)

Quarter Turn

d)

Open Position

16.

What are two ways to say face the front of the stage?

a)

Open up/Cheat out

b)

Backstage/Upstage

c)

Strike/Masking

d)

Wings/Downstage

17.

What is the term for coming into a scene or onto the stage?

a)

Enter

b)

Exit

c)

Pause

d)

Freeze

18.

What is the term for leaving the scene or leaving the stage?

a)

Exit

b)

Enter

c)

Pause

d)

Curtain

19.

What is the movement that actors do, usually written down in the script for memory?

a)

Blocking

b)

Improvisation

c)

Monologue

d)

Choreography

20.

What is the invisible wall between the actor and the audience called?

a)

4th wall

b)

Backdrop

c)

Curtain

d)

Stage left

21.

What is the character the actor is assigned to play called?

a)

Role

b)

Script

c)

Stage

d)

Director

22.

What is the group of people who are all in the same show called?

a)

Cast

b)

Audience

c)

Crew

d)

Band

23.

What is the play; the dialogue the actors memorize called?

a)

Script

b)

Stage

c)

Prop

d)

Costume

24.

What are the pieces or objects that are built to help create the setting of the play called?

a)

Set/Scenery

b)

Props

c)

Costumes

d)

Scripts

25.

What are items the actors use during a performance called?

a)

Props (properties)

b)

Scripts

c)

Costumes

d)

Lights

26.

What are clothes that are made for actors to wear called?

a)

Costumes

b)

Uniforms

c)

Accessories

d)

Robes

27.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 1?

a)

Backstage/Cross over

b)

Proscenium

c)

Wings

d)

Apron

28.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 2?

a)

Cyclorama

b)

Proscenium

c)

Wings

d)

Apron

29.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 3?

a)

Right Wing

b)

Apron

c)

Leg

d)

Backstage

30.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 4?

a)

Left Wing

b)

Backstage

c)

Apron

d)

Legs

31.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 5?

a)

Upstage Right

b)

Upstage Left

c)

Downstage Right

d)

Downstage Left

32.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 6?

a)

Upstage Center

b)

Downstage Center

c)

Center

d)

Apron

33.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 7?

a)

Upstage Left

b)

Downstage Left

c)

Upstage Right

d)

Downstage Left

34.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 8?

a)

Center Right

b)

Center

c)

Center Left

d)

Left Wing

35.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 9?

a)

Center Stage

b)

Downstage Center

c)

Upstage Center

d)

Middle Stage

36.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 10?

a)

Center Left

b)

Center Stage

c)

Center Right

d)

Leg

37.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 11?

a)

Downstage Right

b)

Downstage Left

c)

Upstage Right

d)

Upstage Left

38.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 12?

a)

Downstage Center

b)

Upstage Center

c)

Middle Stage

d)

Front Stage

39.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 13?

a)

Downstage Left

b)

Downstage Right

c)

Upstage Left

d)

Upstage Right

40.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 14?

a)

Front Platform

b)

Proscenium

c)

Wings

d)

Apron

41.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 15?

a)

Leg

b)

Proscenium

c)

Apron

d)

Wings

42.

What is the name of the part of the stage labeled as 16?

a)

Proscenium Line

b)

Cyclorama

c)

Apron

d)

Backstage

43.

What is the name of the part labeled as 17?

a)

House

b)

Chairs

c)

Theater

d)

Theatre

44.

What is the stage position called when the actor is facing directly away from the audience?

a)

Full Front

b)

Full Back

c)

Profile Right

d)

1/4 Left

45.

Which stage position is directly facing the audience?

a)

Full Back

b)

Profile Left

c)

Full Front

d)

3/4 Right

46.

What is the stage position called when the actor is turned halfway between Full Front and Profile Right?

a)

1/4 Right

b)

3/4 Right

c)

Profile Right

d)

1/4 Left

47.

What is the stage position called when the actor is turned halfway between Full Back and Profile Left?

a)

3/4 Left

b)

1/4 Left

c)

Profile Left

d)

Full Front

48.

What is the direction called when moving away from the audience?

a)

Upstage

b)

Downstage

c)

Stage Left

d)

Stage Right

49.

What is the direction called when moving toward the audience?

a)

Downstage

b)

Upstage

c)

Stage Left

d)

Stage Right

50.
Question Image

Refer to the diagram. Match the following stage positions to their correct location:

a)

Facing away from audience

1.

Full Back

b)

Halfway between Full Front and Profile Left

2.

1/4 Left

c)

Side view facing right

3.

Profile Right

d)

Halfway between Full Back and Profile Right

4.

3/4 Right