Theater Terms

Question 1

Acting areas

Answer 1

The performance space

Question 2

Aisle

Answer 2

Passage through seating

Question 3

Apron

Answer 3

Section of stage which project past the proscenium arch toward the audience

Question 4

ASM

Answer 4

Assistant stage manager

Question 5

Audition

Answer 5

Process where the director asks the performer to give a cold reading.

Question 6

Auditorium

Answer 6

The part of the theater where the audience sits AkA the house

Question 7

Backstage

Answer 7

The part of the stage that is out of view of the audience

Question 8

Blackout

Answer 8

Complete absence of stage lighting

Question 9

Blocking

Answer 9

Movement on the stage by the actors

Question 10

Border

Answer 10

Narrow horizontal cloth which masks the lighting hardware

Question 11

Box office

Answer 11

Part of the theater, in the front of the house where patrons can buy tickets

Question 12

Call

Answer 12

Notification of a working session, a rehearsal or performance

Question 13

Cast

Answer 13

Members of an acting company

Question 14

Casting

Answer 14

Process of the director selecting actors to preform in a play

Question 15

Chief electrician

Answer 15

Senior member of the lighting team

Question 16

Choreographer

Answer 16

Person charged with setting dances in a production

Question 17

Company

Answer 17

Cast crew and others associated with a show

Question 18

Conductor

Answer 18

Director of the orchestra

Question 19

Costume designer/costumer

Answer 19

Person who designs and or purchases wardrobe for the actors

Question 20

Costumes

Answer 20

Clothes worn by the actors onstage

Question 21

Critic

Answer 21

A journalist who reviews Theatrical performances

Question 22

Cue line

Answer 22

Line delivered by an actor to activate the next actor to speak

Question 23

Curtain call

Answer 23

Applause for the actors – the bows

Question 24

Cyclorama

Answer 24

A curved plane cloth at the back of the stage to give the effect of distance

Question 25

Dance captain

Answer 25

Dan chosen to lead rehearsals and warm up

Question 26

Dancer

Answer 26

Member of the company who has no dialogue but must be choreograph

Question 27

Dialogue

Answer 27

Spoken text of the play

Question 28

Director

Answer 28

Person responsible for the overall artistic view of the production

Question 29

Downstage

Answer 29

Part of the stage nearest the audience

Question 30

Dramatist

Answer 30

The playwright

Question 31

Dress rehearsal

Answer 31

A full rehearsal where all technical elements are brought together

Question 32

Dressing rooms

Answer 32

Rooms were actors hang costumes and put on make up

Question 33

Fight choreographer

Answer 33

Person who stages combat scenes

Question 34

Financial backer

Answer 34

Person responsible for investing money in the production

Question 35

Flat

Answer 35

A light weight frame covered with Canvas

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Grip

Answer 36

Stagehand in charge of moving scenery

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House

Answer 37

The audience/auditorium

Question 38

House manager

Answer 38

Person responsible for ticketing and any audience related matter

Question 39

In the round

Answer 39

Where the audience surrounds the playing area

Question 40

Lighting designer

Answer 40

Person in charge of overall look of lighting

Question 41

Lyricist

Answer 41

The author of the words of a song in a musical

Question 42

Musical director

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Person responsible for the musical elements in a show

Question 43

Offstage

Answer 43

Movement toward the side of the stage that which is not on stage

Question 44

Producer

Answer 44

Person in charge of the financial contractual side of the production

Question 45

Props

Answer 45

Furnishings and set dressings in the play

Question 46

Proscenium arch

Answer 46

Opening in the wall which stands between the stage and auditorium

Question 47

Rake stage

Answer 47

A slope stage which is raised at the back

Question 48

Set

Answer 48

The stage setting

Question 49

Set designer

Answer 49

Person who creates the settings

Question 50

Sound designer

Answer 50

Person responsible for the sound playback microphone placement and equipment

Question 51

Stage crew

Answer 51

Personnel that movie scenery during a production

Question 52

Tech

Answer 52

Sound and lighting staff

Question 53

Technical director

Answer 53

Person in charge of sound and lighting

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Upstage

Answer 54

Area of the stage farthest from the audience

Question 55

Wings

Answer 55

The area out of view of the audience

Question 56

Act

Answer 56

Subdivisions between sections of plays