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