Chapter 1 Definitions Flashcards
Act
Subdivisions between sections of a play
Audition
Process where the Director or casting Director of a production asks actors/actresses/performers to show what they can do
Backstage
The part of the stage and theater which is out of the start of the audience
Black out
Complete absence of lighting on stage
Blocking blocking
Process of arranging moves to be made by the actors during the play, recorded by stage management management in the promo script
Box set
Naturalistic setting of a complete room built from flats with only the side nearest the audience missing
Break a leg
Are you superstitious and widely excepted alternative to good luck
Call
Notification of a working session
Cast
Members of the acting company
Company
The cast crew and other staff associated with the Show
Cue
Command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation
Dark
A venue that has been closed to the public
Downstage
Part of stage nearest to audience
Flat
Lightweight timber frame covered with scenic canvas or plywood
Front of house
Every part of the theater in front of the presidium arch
green room
Room close to the stage
House
The audience
Marking out
Sticking tape to the floor of the rehearsal space to indicate the ground plant of the scenery
Matinee
Afternoon performance of a show
Offstage
A movement towards the nearest side of stage from the Centre
Preset
Anything in position before the beginning of a scene or act
Rack stage
A sloping side which is raised at the back end
Run
Sequence of performances are the same production
Set
To prepare the stage for action
Stage left
Right side of the stage when looking from the auditorium
Stage right
left side of stage
Tech
Member of amateur crew
Upstage
The farthest part of the stage from audience
Wings
The out of you areas to the side of the acting area
Rear of house
Backstage areas of the Theatre
