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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. An imaginary line running from the front to the back of the stage through the exact center of the proscenium arch
Offstage
Center Line
Source 4 ERS
Locking rail
2. Scenic term - deceiving the eye: from far away looks real but close it's just tricky talent
Offstage
Rails & Styles
Trump Ploy
Borders
3. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
TPI
Loft Block
Tormentors
Rails & Styles
4. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Thrust Stage
Cyclorama
Production Manager
Trump Ploy
5. The part of the stage closest to the audience
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Pipe weight
Downstage
Pit
6. A performance space in which the audience sits in front of the stage and views as if through a picture frame
Artistic Director
Cove
Proscenium Stage
Pit
7. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Scenic Director
Rails & Styles
olor Elevations
Company Manager
8. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Gussets
Flats
Tormentors
9. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Gel
Dramaturg
Grand Drape
Producer
10. Levels of intensity
Gussets
Asbestos
Dimmers
Circuit
11. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Voltage
Flats
Fresnel
Drapery
12. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Elevation
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Scenic Designer
Drapery
13. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Cyclorama
Gussets
Stand pipe
14. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Scenic Director
Cues
short short - short - center - long - long long
Ground Plan
15. Flat view of area if cut or sliced - like a dissection and see inner workings of multiple levels
Section View
Platforms
Producer
Elevation
16. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Rake
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Company Manager
Offstage
17. 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
Dramaturg
Fly loft
Trump Ploy
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
18. Any incline of audience or stage.
Rake
Stage Manager
Flats
Locking rail
19. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
FOH: Front of House
Milliner
Source 4 ERS
Dimmers
20. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
FOH: Front of House
Source 4 ERS
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
21. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Fly loft
Overhung
Producer
Actual vs. Nominal
22. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Wings
Asbestos
23. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Rocker
Vomitorium
Tormentors
Scenic Designer
24. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Borders
Vomitorium
Batten Clamp
ontinental Seating
25. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Head block
Pipe weight
Crossover
26. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Elevation
Two Fer
Cues
ontinental Seating
27. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Masking
Gobo
Wings
Thrust Stage
28. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Borders
Loft Block
Front of House (FOH)
Gussets
29. Large portables pieces of the stage setting
Set Pieces
Locking rail
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Circuit
30. Grainer
Smoke Pocket
Rocker
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Gel
31. Everything filters through from Artistic Team - knows budget of time - labor - and money; keeps everyone in communication - conductor/diplomat
olor Elevations
Stand pipe
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Production Manager
32. Painted boards that the scenic designer uses to communicate with the scenic artist
Downstage
Wings
Head block
olor Elevations
33. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
FOH: Front of House
Proscenium Stage
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
short short - short - center - long - long long
34. 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
Set Pieces
Section View
Stage Manager
35. A hose connection for a fire hose
Gussets
Fly Space
Stand pipe
Batten Clamp
36. Two instruments - same circuit
Two Fer
olor Elevations
Apron
ontinental Seating
37. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Gussets
Flats
Rake
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
38. 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
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
FOH: Front of House
Scrim
Proscenium Stage
39. A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre - through which crowds can 'spew out' at the end of a performance.
Cyclorama
Upstage
Vomitorium
Drop
40. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Cove
Circuit
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Cues
41. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Channels
Pipe weight
Channels
Head block
42. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Circuit
Cove
Batten Clamp
Thrust Stage
43. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Scenic Director
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Vomitorium
44. Corridor or hallway to make quick passage way from one side to another - behind stage
Gobo
Crossover
Head block
Gussets
45. Imaginary line from one side of the proscenium opening tot he other - divides apron from the stage floor.
Loading Dock
Plaster Line
Section View
Stage Directions
46. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Production Manager
Vomitorium
Board of Directors
Overhung
47. 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
Plaster Line
SAFETY
Director
Black Box
48. Fire curtain used to be called this
Technical Director
Elevation
Asbestos
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
49. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Tormentors
Stage Directions
Sprinkling system
50. Plug in wall
Vomitorium
Stage Manager
Circuit
Fire Curtain