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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. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Rake
Channels
Producer
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
2. First rules of safety in theater
Rocker
Gussets
Trump Ploy
Look - listen - and learn
3. Made up of dimmers - map of plot
Apron
Vomitorium
Channels
Locking rail
4. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Catwalk
Section View
Center Line
Perspective Scenery
5. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Tormentors
Fire Curtain
Upstage
Two Fer
6. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Pipe weight
Front of House (FOH)
Ground Plan
7. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Tormentors
Pit
Batten Clamp
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
8. 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
Cyclorama
Scenic Designer
Dramaturg
Trump Ploy
9. A hose connection for a fire hose
Tormentors
Drop
Stand pipe
Trump Ploy
10. 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
Borders
Fly loft
Fusible links
Look - listen - and learn
11. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
FOH: Front of House
Production Manager
Dramaturg
Stage Directions
12. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Scenic Designer
Loft Block
Proscenium Stage
Gridiron
13. Grainer
Channels
olor Elevations
Dramaturg
Rocker
14. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Actual vs. Nominal
Voltage
Section View
Head block
15. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Vomitorium
Loft Block
Overhung
Smoke Pocket
16. (Walls) - Flat pieces of theatrical scenery which are painted and positioned on stage so as to give the appearance of buildings or other background
Source 4 ERS
Flats
Gussets
Vomitorium
17. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Gel
Gussets
Gobo
Gobo
18. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Stage Directions
Board of Directors
Center Line
Fusible links
19. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
short short - short - center - long - long long
Section View
Gussets
Dimmers
20. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Rails & Styles
Rails & Styles
Wings
Masking
21. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Batten Clamp
Overhung
Fly Space
22. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
olor Elevations
Circuit
short short - short - center - long - long long
Artistic Director
23. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Rails & Styles
SAFETY
Fresnel
Loft Block
24. 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
Arena Stage
Proscenium Stage
Production Manager
Lighting Designer
25. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Wings
Two Fer
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Source 4 ERS
26. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Upstage
Batten Clamp
Producer
Loading Dock
27. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Company Manager
Center Line
Gobo
28. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Scrim
Drop
Center Line
Borders
29. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Channels
Arena Stage
Elevation
TPI
30. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Drop
Flats
Overhung
Stage Directions
31. 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
Masking
Grand Drape
Fresnel
Scrim
32. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Catwalk
Producer
Upstage
Trap room
33. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Wings
Gussets
short short - short - center - long - long long
Channels
34. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Offstage
Stage Directions
Front of House (FOH)
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
35. Fire curtain used to be called this
Milliner
Asbestos
Pipe weight
Dramaturg
36. (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
Dimmers
FOH: Front of House
Actual vs. Nominal
Director
37. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
ontinental Seating
Two Fer
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Proscenium Stage
38. Levels of intensity
Upstage
Ground Plan
Fly Space
Dimmers
39. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Sprinkling system
Overhung
Stand pipe
Plaster Line
40. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Perspective Scenery
Apron
Wings
TPI
41. 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
Cyclorama
Loading Dock
Proscenium Stage
olor Elevations
42. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Batten Clamp
Center Line
Producer
Set Pieces
43. Final artistic choices go to
Plaster Line
FOH: Front of House
Director
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
44. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
olor Elevations
Perspective Scenery
Cyclorama
Look - listen - and learn
45. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Downstage
Gobo
Scrim
46. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Drop
Set Pieces
Downstage
Gel
47. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Pipe weight
Apron
Arena Stage
short short - short - center - long - long long
48. First rule of any work done in theatre space or shop
Borders
SAFETY
Offstage
Dimmers
49. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Pit
Voltage
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
50. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Cove
Dimmers
Center Line
Director