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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. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Proscenium Stage
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Upstage
Proscenium Stage
2. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Sprinkling system
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Gel
3. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Rocker
Upstage
Grand Drape
Loading Dock
4. 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
Loft Block
ontinental Seating
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Arena Stage
5. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Director
Smoke Pocket
Trump Ploy
Downstage
6. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Proscenium Stage
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Scenic Director
Masking
7. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Production Manager
Thrust Stage
Plaster Line
Company Manager
8. Pressure
Rails & Styles
Voltage
Artistic Director
Smoke Pocket
9. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
short short - short - center - long - long long
Pipe weight
Source 4 ERS
Master Electrician/Electrician
10. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Trump Ploy
Rails & Styles
Arena Stage
11. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Asbestos
Offstage
Drop
Catwalk
12. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Rake
Gel
Fusible links
Head block
13. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Drop
Tormentors
Trump Ploy
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
14. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Lighting Designer
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Trump Ploy
Flats
15. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
SAFETY
Proscenium Stage
ontinental Seating
16. Two instruments - same circuit
Two Fer
Fly Space
Head block
Fire Curtain
17. 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
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
ontinental Seating
Stage Manager
Artistic Director
18. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Channels
Gussets
Apron
19. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
Set Pieces
Stage Manager
Upstage
20. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Ground Plan
Grand Drape
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
21. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Drapery
Perspective Scenery
Director
Proscenium Stage
22. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Drapery
SAFETY
Platform
Proscenium Stage
23. Plug in wall
Producer
Rails & Styles
Borders
Circuit
24. Makes shoes
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
FOH: Front of House
Trump Ploy
Downstage
25. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
SAFETY
Artistic Director
Overhung
Pit
26. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Elevation
Fire Curtain
Sprinkling system
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
27. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Cove
Proscenium Stage
Channels
Fly Space
28. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Fire Curtain
Arena Stage
Dimmers
Center Line
29. 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
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Head block
Dramaturg
Drop
30. Directions from the actor's point of view
Stage Directions
Artistic Director
Set Pieces
Rake
31. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Proscenium Stage
SAFETY
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
32. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Borders
Elevation
Director
33. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Cues
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Lighting Designer
Center Line
34. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Ground Plan
Sprinkling system
Voltage
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
35. 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.
Technical Director
Proscenium Stage
Vomitorium
Batten Clamp
36. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Pipe weight
Stage Directions
Scrim
Section View
37. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Look - listen - and learn
Trap room
Dimmers
Platform
38. A curtain or drop made of gauze-like fabric; when lighted from the front - it is opaque - but is transparent if lighted from the back; a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
Perspective Scenery
Production Manager
Scrim
FOH: Front of House
39. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Crossover
Fusible links
Ground Plan
Master Electrician/Electrician
40. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Smoke Pocket
Set Pieces
Production Manager
Wings
41. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Stage Manager
FOH: Front of House
Stage Directions
42. 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
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Cues
Black Box
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
43. Fire curtain used to be called this
Loading Dock
Asbestos
Elevation
Scenic Designer
44. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Master Electrician/Electrician
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Fusible links
Black Box
45. Directions from the actor's point of view
Stage Directions
Scenic Designer
Gussets
Catwalk
46. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Fly Space
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Set Pieces
Grand Drape
47. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
SAFETY
FOH: Front of House
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Crossover
48. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Ground Plan
Platforms
TPI
Rails & Styles
49. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Source 4 ERS
Perspective Scenery
Vomitorium
Set Pieces
50. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Voltage
Center Line
Set Pieces
Stand pipe
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