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Stagecraft Basics
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Study First
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. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
TPI
Gussets
Cyclorama
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
2. 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
Lighting Designer
Black Box
Production Manager
Pipe weight
3. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Perspective Scenery
Master Electrician/Electrician
Catwalk
FOH: Front of House
4. Makes shoes
Gridiron
Loading Dock
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Master Electrician/Electrician
5. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Artistic Director
Scrim
Master Electrician/Electrician
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
6. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Trump Ploy
Cyclorama
Director
Set Pieces
7. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Head block
short short - short - center - long - long long
Scenic Designer
Catwalk
8. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Downstage
Artistic Director
Source 4 ERS
ontinental Seating
9. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Arena Stage
short short - short - center - long - long long
Sprinkling system
Proscenium Stage
10. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Director
Rake
Crossover
11. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Director
Center Line
Apron
Loft Block
12. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Two Fer
TPI
Actual vs. Nominal
Head block
13. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Milliner
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Lighting Designer
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
14. (sizes of wood) 2 x 4 (nominal) > first milled - then changes because of shaving ... actual is 1.5 x 3.5 - for this class know 2x4 - 1x3 - 4x4... within that range
Board of Directors
Wings
Trump Ploy
Actual vs. Nominal
15. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
ontinental Seating
Crossover
Scrim
Proscenium Stage
16. 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
Black Box
Master Electrician/Electrician
Director
Stand pipe
17. Hire and fire Managing Director and Artistic Director - these are patrons w/ money & connections - in the upper echelons of authority and want to help theater but doesn't necessarily know how
Gobo
Proscenium Stage
Production Manager
Board of Directors
18. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Arena Stage
Fly loft
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Catwalk
19. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Platforms
Trap room
Center Line
Crossover
20. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Pit
Elevation
Producer
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
21. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Company Manager
Pipe weight
Lighting Designer
Loading Dock
22. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Stand pipe
Set Pieces
Cyclorama
23. Directions from the actor's point of view
Set Pieces
Crossover
Stage Directions
Stand pipe
24. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Thrust Stage
Rails & Styles
Scrim
Masking
25. (sizes of wood) 2 x 4 (nominal) > first milled - then changes because of shaving ... actual is 1.5 x 3.5 - for this class know 2x4 - 1x3 - 4x4... within that range
Actual vs. Nominal
Lighting Designer
Section View
Cove
26. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Black Box
Company Manager
Drapery
Locking rail
27. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Proscenium Stage
Platforms
FOH: Front of House
Fly loft
28. 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
Stage Manager
Grand Drape
Fly Space
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
29. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Production Manager
Catwalk
Downstage
Look - listen - and learn
30. Any incline of audience or stage.
Arena Stage
Voltage
Voltage
Rake
31. Two instruments - same circuit
Stage Directions
Asbestos
Two Fer
Stage Manager
32. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Proscenium Stage
Rails & Styles
Production Manager
Dimmers
33. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Fresnel
Producer
Upstage
Drapery
34. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Dimmers
Circuit
Asbestos
Pit
35. Fire curtain used to be called this
Elevation
Asbestos
Crossover
Producer
36. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
TPI
short short - short - center - long - long long
Fly Space
Scenic Designer
37. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Fusible links
Master Electrician/Electrician
Plaster Line
Production Manager
38. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
TPI
Pipe weight
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Fusible links
39. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Masking
Fusible links
Overhung
40. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Gobo
FOH: Front of House
Source 4 ERS
Trump Ploy
41. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Overhung
SAFETY
Look - listen - and learn
Fusible links
42. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Masking
Trap room
Fresnel
ontinental Seating
43. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
short short - short - center - long - long long
Crossover
Asbestos
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
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
Proscenium Stage
Cove
Master Electrician/Electrician
Gobo
45. Makes shoes
Perspective Scenery
Dramaturg
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Voltage
46. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Gobo
Apron
Master Electrician/Electrician
Drapery
47. Grainer
Vomitorium
Rocker
Elevation
Actual vs. Nominal
48. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Cyclorama
Grand Drape
Trump Ploy
Proscenium Stage
49. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
short short - short - center - long - long long
olor Elevations
Offstage
Overhung
50. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Fusible links
Center Line
Trap room
Fly loft