Chapter 1 Definitions

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

Subdivisions between sections of a play

Question 2

Audition

Answer 2

Process where the Director or casting Director of a production asks actors/actresses/performers to show what they can do

Question 3

Backstage

Answer 3

The part of the stage and theater which is out of the start of the audience

Question 4

Black out

Answer 4

Complete absence of lighting on stage

Question 5

Blocking blocking

Answer 5

Process of arranging moves to be made by the actors during the play, recorded by stage management management in the promo script

Question 6

Box set

Answer 6

Naturalistic setting of a complete room built from flats with only the side nearest the audience missing

Question 7

Break a leg

Answer 7

Are you superstitious and widely excepted alternative to good luck

Question 8

Call

Answer 8

Notification of a working session

Question 9

Cast

Answer 9

Members of the acting company

Question 10

Company

Answer 10

The cast crew and other staff associated with the Show

Question 11

Cue

Answer 11

Command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation

Question 12

Dark

Answer 12

A venue that has been closed to the public

Question 13

Downstage

Answer 13

Part of stage nearest to audience

Question 14

Flat

Answer 14

Lightweight timber frame covered with scenic canvas or plywood

Question 15

Front of house

Answer 15

Every part of the theater in front of the presidium arch

Question 16

green room

Answer 16

Room close to the stage

Question 17

House

Answer 17

The audience

Question 18

Marking out

Answer 18

Sticking tape to the floor of the rehearsal space to indicate the ground plant of the scenery

Question 19

Matinee

Answer 19

Afternoon performance of a show

Question 20

Offstage

Answer 20

A movement towards the nearest side of stage from the Centre

Question 21

Preset

Answer 21

Anything in position before the beginning of a scene or act

Question 22

Rack stage

Answer 22

A sloping side which is raised at the back end

Question 23

Run

Answer 23

Sequence of performances are the same production

Question 24

Set

Answer 24

To prepare the stage for action

Question 25

Stage left

Answer 25

Right side of the stage when looking from the auditorium

Question 26

Stage right

Answer 26

left side of stage

Question 27

Tech

Answer 27

Member of amateur crew

Question 28

Upstage

Answer 28

The farthest part of the stage from audience

Question 29

Wings

Answer 29

The out of you areas to the side of the acting area

Question 30

Rear of house

Answer 30

Backstage areas of the Theatre