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Acting Mechanics Theatre Vocab
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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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1. (SL)
voms
up-stage
Stage Left
cross
2. (3/4 are)
left center
deck
Down(stage) Center
Three Quarter Right
3. When an actor walks toward the cyclorama away from the proscenium line he is said to be walking __________________________.
in-stage
left
up-stage
Full Front
4. (PL)
Three Quarter Left
Profile Left
Center(stage)
proscenium line
5. When an actor crosses toward the audience's right - he is said to be walking in this direction.
Quarter Left
Full Front
Full Front
left
6. (lc)
Arena
Full Back
Up(stage) Right
left center
7. (drc)
down right center
wings
centerline
cyclorama or 'cyc'
8. The large - light-colored fabric stretched tight on a curved track along the back wall is called ______________________.
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9. (FB)
deck
Up(stage) Right
legs
Full Back
10. When an actor walks toward the cyclorama away from the proscenium line he is said to be walking __________________________.
apron
up-stage
down right center
Profile Right
11. Any forward movement taken on stage is given this term.
cross
Profile Left
legs
Up(stage) Right
12. When an actor walks toward the audience from centerstage - he is said to be walking _____________________.
downstage
Center(stage)
Quarter Right
Arena
13. (FF)
Full Front
Arena
voms
in-stage
14. (3/4 L)
Three Quarter Left
Center(stage)
in-stage
flies
15. The large - light-colored fabric stretched tight on a curved track along the back wall is called ______________________.
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16. (UR)
cyclorama or 'cyc'
whistling
Up(stage) Right
in-stage
17. (PR)
down right center
up-stage
house
Profile Right
18. The nautical name sometimes given to the stage floor.
left center
centerline
deck
flies
19. These are hard-wall 'flats' or velour curtains that separate parts of the side stage and are meant to serve as a secure entrance area from the backstage.
legs
Down(stage) Center
Stage Left
voms
20. The theatrical name for where the audience sits.
Profile Left
up-stage
house
left
21. (1/4 L)
cyclorama or 'cyc'
Three Quarter Left
in-stage
Quarter Left
22. The nautical name sometimes given to the stage floor.
Three Quarter Right
deck
Three Quarter Right
apron
23. (1/4 are)
deck
left
Quarter Right
Profile Right
24. The place in the theatre where one traditionally waits to make an entrance.
Quarter Right
left
whistling
wings
25. (drc)
flies
Full Front
down right center
proscenium line
26. The tunnels that create entrances from the understage area.
downstage
centerline
downstage
voms
27. (PL)
Profile Left
cross
left center
house
28. The area above the stage usually outfitted with lighting instruments and rigging for scenery and other effects.
Quarter Right
flies
Center(stage)
wings
29. (SL)
Full Back
Stage Left
Three Quarter Left
proscenium line
30. The area above the stage usually outfitted with lighting instruments and rigging for scenery and other effects.
proscenium line
Profile Right
flies
left center
31. The name of the type of theatre in which the stage is surrounded by the audience - much like the Roman Colosseum. The name is derived from the sand that soaked up the blood of the gladiators.
Stage Left
Profile Left
Down(stage) Center
Arena
32. The tunnels that create entrances from the understage area.
house
voms
deck
in-stage
33. An area of the stage in some theatres which juts out into the audience - extending past the proscenium line.
cyclorama or 'cyc'
apron
Center(stage)
up-stage
34. (1/4 are)
Quarter Right
Full Back
downstage
cross
35. (1/4 L)
flies
down right center
Stage Left
Quarter Left
36. Any forward movement taken on stage is given this term.
downstage
Three Quarter Left
cross
cyclorama or 'cyc'
37. (DC)
Quarter Left
Quarter Right
Down(stage) Center
house
38. The theatrical name for where the audience sits.
legs
Profile Right
down right center
house
39. The line which separates the stage from the audience.
wings
proscenium line
in-stage
Profile Right
40. (lc)
Up(stage) Right
Profile Left
left center
Three Quarter Right
41. (3/4 L)
legs
Three Quarter Right
Quarter Left
Three Quarter Left
42. According to theatre superstition - what 'dangerous' activity should an actor not do when backstage?
Profile Right
cyclorama or 'cyc'
voms
whistling
43. The place in the theatre where one traditionally waits to make an entrance.
Full Back
wings
apron
Three Quarter Right
44. When an actor crosses toward the audience's right - he is said to be walking in this direction.
centerline
proscenium line
left
Profile Right
45. (DC)
legs
Quarter Left
Profile Left
Down(stage) Center
46. (C)
Quarter Right
Center(stage)
house
Profile Right
47. The line which bisects the proscenium line and thus cuts the entire deck in half.
downstage
centerline
in-stage
Full Back
48. The name of the type of theatre in which the stage is surrounded by the audience - much like the Roman Colosseum. The name is derived from the sand that soaked up the blood of the gladiators.
whistling
Up(stage) Right
Arena
Stage Left
49. According to theatre superstition - what 'dangerous' activity should an actor not do when backstage?
Arena
cross
whistling
Quarter Left
50. The line which bisects the proscenium line and thus cuts the entire deck in half.
centerline
Profile Left
left
cyclorama or 'cyc'