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Stagecraft Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium






2. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)






3. 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






4. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






5. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies






6. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.






7. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.






8. Orchestra pit where the band plays






9. Final artistic choices go to






10. 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






11. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this






12. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background






13. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?






14. 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






15. Directions from the actor's point of view






16. The part of the stage closest to the audience






17. First rules of safety in theater






18. 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






19. 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






20. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface






21. Orchestra pit where the band plays






22. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round






23. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides






24. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?






25. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys






26. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat






27. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused






28. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on






29. Most effective device for controlling a fire in the theatre - or any building






30. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium






31. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track






32. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air






33. Any incline of audience or stage.






34. Large portables pieces of the stage setting






35. Final artistic choices go to






36. Also known as teasers - hung over head of the stage main use is to mask any equpiment usually fixtures you dont want audience to see






37. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director






38. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show






39. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production






40. Fire curtain used to be called this






41. Plug in wall






42. Fire curtain used to be called this






43. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on






44. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories






45. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.






46. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot






47. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery






48. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement






49. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached






50. Any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface







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