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Stagecraft Basics
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building
Sprinkling system
Vomitorium
Elevation
Artistic Director
2. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fly Space
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Fly loft
3. Any incline of audience or stage.
Dimmers
Upstage
Rake
Two Fer
4. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Pipe weight
Ground Plan
Drapery
Tormentors
5. The person in charge backstage; he or she helps the director during rehearsals and then takes charge backstage when the play is performed - also has to deal with performer's behavior
Crossover
Stage Manager
Overhung
Fly loft
6. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Artistic Director
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Downstage
Proscenium Stage
7. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Section View
Stand pipe
Trump Ploy
Channels
8. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Crossover
Milliner
Arena Stage
Batten Clamp
9. One who works in the theatre as a resource for the history of plays and dramatic literature. They research - study - write - and often teach this material to others
Dramaturg
Circuit
Apron
Ground Plan
10. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Proscenium Stage
Fresnel
Loft Block
Channels
11. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Pipe weight
Fly Space
Gussets
Section View
12. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Batten Clamp
Perspective Scenery
FOH: Front of House
Director
13. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
Channels
Stage Directions
Upstage
14. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Dramaturg
ontinental Seating
Downstage
Scenic Designer
15. Levels of intensity
Channels
Rocker
Dimmers
Plaster Line
16. In the theatre - the person who decides where the lighting instruments should go - how they should be colored - and which ones should be on at any particular time
Lighting Designer
Pipe weight
Arena Stage
Overhung
17. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Locking rail
Voltage
Black Box
Pipe weight
18. Fire curtain used to be called this
Trump Ploy
Rocker
Vomitorium
Asbestos
19. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Channels
Flats
Circuit
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
20. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Master Electrician/Electrician
Plaster Line
21. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Production Manager
Lighting Designer
SAFETY
22. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Wings
Ground Plan
Platforms
Proscenium Stage
23. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Gridiron
Platform
Gobo
Source 4 ERS
24. A lighting instrument characterized by hard-edged light with little diffusion; designed for long throws - it is manufactured with fixed and variable focal length lenses; the light beam is shaped with internally mounted shutters.
Ground Plan
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Batten Clamp
Wings
25. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Stage Manager
Director
Trump Ploy
Offstage
26. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Gel
Arena Stage
Section View
Tormentors
27. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Director
Stand pipe
Upstage
Fly Space
28. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Grand Drape
Lighting Designer
Masking
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
29. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Director
Downstage
Drop
Look - listen - and learn
30. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Catwalk
Scenic Director
Gridiron
Front of House (FOH)
31. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Drapery
Vomitorium
Cues
Apron
32. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Lighting Designer
Tormentors
short short - short - center - long - long long
Offstage
33. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
Apron
ontinental Seating
Channels
34. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Grand Drape
Trap room
Pipe weight
Gobo
35. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Cove
Platforms
Plaster Line
Masking
36. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Wings
Rocker
Technical Director
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
37. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Loading Dock
Upstage
Front of House (FOH)
Gridiron
38. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Gussets
Cues
Perspective Scenery
Channels
39. Fire curtain used to be called this
Downstage
Asbestos
Master Electrician/Electrician
Milliner
40. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Director
Cove
Vomitorium
Two Fer
41. Type of performance space that is small - created out of a room - painted all black; the scenery can be arranged in any way inside the box
Stage Manager
Black Box
short short - short - center - long - long long
Fire Curtain
42. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Section View
Cues
Gussets
Pit
43. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Stand pipe
Arena Stage
Artistic Director
Set Pieces
44. First rules of safety in theater
Look - listen - and learn
Company Manager
Dimmers
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
45. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Actual vs. Nominal
Rocker
Head block
Tormentors
46. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.
Director
Vomitorium
Perspective Scenery
Fly Space
47. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Vomitorium
Crossover
Director
48. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.
Scrim
Center Line
Thrust Stage
Vomitorium
49. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Head block
Proscenium Stage
Offstage
Crossover
50. Mounted to the gridiron or support steel that supports and changes the direction of a lift line rope between the load and the head block
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Plaster Line
Loft Block
Company Manager
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