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Stagecraft Basics
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Subject
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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
Sprinkling system
Dramaturg
Offstage
Board of Directors
2. A curtain that travels up and down inside a guide; fire curtain track
olor Elevations
Elevation
Smoke Pocket
Channels
3. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Production Manager
Apron
Perspective Scenery
4. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Elevation
FOH: Front of House
Pit
Batten Clamp
5. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Catwalk
Look - listen - and learn
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Dramaturg
6. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Gridiron
Elevation
Fire Curtain
Tormentors
7. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Flats
Dramaturg
Lighting Designer
Locking rail
8. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
ontinental Seating
Drop
Fire Curtain
Board of Directors
9. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Master Electrician/Electrician
Cove
Set Pieces
Director
10. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Director
Rails & Styles
Front of House (FOH)
11. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Batten Clamp
Asbestos
Overhung
Fire Curtain
12. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Director
Asbestos
Arena Stage
Gussets
13. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Smoke Pocket
Black Box
Gridiron
Director
14. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Downstage
Masking
Actual vs. Nominal
Scenic Designer
15. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Tormentors
Rake
Production Manager
Director
16. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Offstage
Asbestos
Downstage
Thrust Stage
17. Final artistic choices go to
Fusible links
Plaster Line
Offstage
Director
18. Makes shoes
Cyclorama
TPI
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Locking rail
19. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Loft Block
Elevation
Fly loft
Locking rail
20. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Stand pipe
Gobo
Set Pieces
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
21. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Fusible links
Overhung
Set Pieces
Trap room
22. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Pit
SAFETY
Channels
23. 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
Tormentors
Upstage
Set Pieces
Borders
24. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Set Pieces
Scenic Director
short short - short - center - long - long long
Stage Manager
25. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Pipe weight
Scenic Designer
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
26. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
Section View
Gel
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
27. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Fire Curtain
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Designer
28. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Production Manager
Upstage
Arena Stage
Section View
29. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Black Box
Cues
Tormentors
Gridiron
30. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Vomitorium
Drapery
Fresnel
Head block
31. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Rake
Vomitorium
Producer
Stage Directions
32. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Borders
Proscenium Stage
Two Fer
Offstage
33. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
olor Elevations
Artistic Director
Offstage
Pipe weight
34. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Ground Plan
Pipe weight
TPI
Loft Block
35. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Set Pieces
Loading Dock
Flats
Cyclorama
36. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Perspective Scenery
Trap room
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Batten Clamp
37. Makes shoes
Perspective Scenery
Trap room
Flats
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
38. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Gobo
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Production Manager
Fly loft
39. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Channels
Dimmers
Master Electrician/Electrician
40. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Arena Stage
Trap room
Gobo
Pit
41. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Company Manager
Section View
Rocker
42. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Stand pipe
Offstage
Pit
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
43. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Thrust Stage
Artistic Director
Director
Platforms
44. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Director
Rails & Styles
ontinental Seating
Trap room
45. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Director
Gridiron
Milliner
46. Plug in wall
Gussets
Trap room
Circuit
Two Fer
47. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Milliner
Board of Directors
Technical Director
short short - short - center - long - long long
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.
Director
Stage Manager
Center Line
Vomitorium
49. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Milliner
TPI
Fire Curtain
Trump Ploy
50. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Grand Drape
Center Line
Downstage
Thrust Stage