Theater Spaces Flashcards
(33 cards)
Theatre
The art form we study
Theater
A building where theatre takes place
Say to wish a performer good luck
Break a leg
Name of play you should not say
Macbeth
Thing to leave on to keep ghosts away
Ghost light
Superstition about ladders
Don’t walk under it
What should you not let walk across the stage
Black cat
What sound should you not make in a theater
Whistle
Proscenium stage
1 sided audience
Thrust stage
3 sided audience
Black box
Modern, experimental, intimate, classroom like
In the round stage
360° audience
Board outside the drama room
Call board
Another word for curtains
Drapes
Rules about curtains
Don’t touch them
Don’t hide in them
Don’t move them
The most downstage curtain
The grand drape
Curtains that open and close all the way
Travelers
The most upstage curtain
The back black
The traveler that is in the middle of the stage
Mid
The offstage ares to the right and left of the acting space
Wings
The white screen at the most upstage area of the stage
Cyc
Rules about cyc
Do not touch
Don’t go near
The part of the stage that forms the picture frame
Proscenium arch
The area downstage of the proscenium arch
The apron
