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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.
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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. Figures out place - theme of season and has final say
Gussets
Downstage
Stage Manager
Artistic Director
2. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Milliner
Trump Ploy
Wings
ontinental Seating
3. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Upstage
Source 4 ERS
Channels
Pit
4. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Dramaturg
Cues
Masking
Director
5. 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
Pipe weight
Stage Manager
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Artistic Director
6. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Gobo
Lighting Designer
Actual vs. Nominal
Scenic Director
7. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Lighting Designer
Grand Drape
Scenic Designer
Look - listen - and learn
8. Made of plastic or vinyl - can project lights and images from front or back of them.
Section View
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Dramaturg
Pipe weight
9. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
Scrim
Cues
Front of House (FOH)
10. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
Dramaturg
Upstage
Two Fer
Cyclorama
11. Area above the stage where scenery - drops - and lights are hung when not in use
Trump Ploy
Gel
Drop
Fly Space
12. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Trap room
Technical Director
Dimmers
Tormentors
13. Pressure
Voltage
Dramaturg
Gel
Rails & Styles
14. Plug in wall
Circuit
Asbestos
Proscenium Stage
Proscenium Stage
15. Best friends with Sound Tech in that both work hand in hand - makes everything work (elec) - wires - hangs - plugs & focuses according to Lighting Designer
Flats
Elevation
Rake
Master Electrician/Electrician
16. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Cyclorama
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Offstage
Producer
17. Any incline of audience or stage.
Rake
Stage Directions
Set Pieces
Channels
18. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Masking
Plaster Line
Scenic Designer
19. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Ground Plan
Gel
Platform
Ground Plan
20. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Voltage
Director
Cove
Apron
21. 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
Batten Clamp
Fly Space
Black Box
olor Elevations
22. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
Sprinkling system
Voltage
Plaster Line
Production Manager
23. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Lighting Designer
Asbestos
Proscenium Stage
Scenic Director
24. Two instruments - same circuit
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Two Fer
Proscenium Stage
Upstage
25. Makes shoes
Look - listen - and learn
Trap room
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Proscenium Stage
26. Helps to protect the audience from fires that happen on stage - comes in fast and helps to conceal the fire in one place
Fire Curtain
Head block
Stage Manager
Circuit
27. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Section View
Production Manager
TPI
FOH: Front of House
28. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Technical Director
Masking
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Dimmers
29. To use a fire extinguish (acronym)
Set Pieces
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Black Box
Pit
30. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Center Line
Stage Manager
31. 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
Loft Block
Black Box
Grand Drape
Locking rail
32. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Grand Drape
Proscenium Stage
Apron
olor Elevations
33. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Perspective Scenery
Milliner
Milliner
Platform
34. Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface
Stage Manager
Director
Perspective Scenery
Drapery
35. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Master Electrician/Electrician
SAFETY
Master Electrician/Electrician
Proscenium Stage
36. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
TPI
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Gussets
Thrust Stage
37. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Channels
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Catwalk
Platform
38. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Locking rail
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
PASS: Pull the pin - aim - squeeze - and sweep
Offstage
39. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Channels
Trap room
Trap room
40. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Front of House (FOH)
Black Box
Masking
Loading Dock
41. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Catwalk
Platforms
Loading Dock
Tormentors
42. Pressure
Elevation
Section View
Voltage
Board of Directors
43. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Master Electrician/Electrician
Stage Manager
Upstage
Milliner
44. Final artistic choices go to
Director
Scrim
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Offstage
45. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Catwalk
Upstage
Gobo
Ground Plan
46. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Apron
Crossover
Thrust Stage
Front of House (FOH)
47. Directions from the actor's point of view
Voltage
Cues
Arena Stage
Stage Directions
48. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Rake
Fly loft
Cove
Wings
49. Space above the stage - Space above the stage where scenery may be lifted out of sight by means of ropes and pulleys
Cues
FOH: Front of House
Fly loft
Fusible links
50. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Center Line
Arena Stage
ontinental Seating
Upstage