Stages

Question 1

How many kinds of stages are there?

Answer 1

3 ( proscenium, thrust, and arena)

Question 2

Define proscenium stage

Answer 2

A four-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away, enabling the audience to view the play as if it were a picture frame

Question 3

Define grand drape

Answer 3

The curtain

Question 4

Define apron

Answer 4

The part of a proscenium stage where the stage extends out into the audience

Question 5

Define arena stage

Answer 5

A stage where the audience sits all around the stage, also known as “theatre-in-the-round”

Question 6

Define thrust stage

Answer 6

A stage where the audience sits on 3 sides of the stage, it extends into the seating area

Question 7

Define flexible staging

Answer 7

Any stage not classified as the 3 main stage types

Question 8

Define acting areas

Answer 8

None to fifteen divisions of the stage floor, used by directors when moving actors or placing furniture or scenery

Question 9

Define blocking

Answer 9

Planning and working out the movements and stage grouping off a play

Question 10

What are the 2 ways to divid the an arena stage?

Answer 10

A map or clock

Question 11

Why do lays use counter cross?

Answer 11

To help characters leave the stage without bumping into other characters