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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. Hanging cloth used as a blind - especially for a window
Proscenium Stage
Dramaturg
Drapery
Apron
2. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Trap room
Trump Ploy
Upstage
Catwalk
3. 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
Platform
Black Box
Set Pieces
Company Manager
4. Concierge - takes care of everyone - handles contracts
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Company Manager
Cove
Tormentors
5. Metal connectors that holds the fire curtain in the air
Fly Space
Fusible links
Circuit
Pit
6. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Apron
Source 4 ERS
Drop
Batten Clamp
7. The side areas of the stage - out of view of the audience; the area where the actors wait for their entrances
Producer
Wings
olor Elevations
Gussets
8. Flat view - floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale) - view of area if room came off
Asbestos
Cove
Ground Plan
Set Pieces
9. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Plaster Line
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Fresnel
Crossover
10. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Platforms
Technical Director
Offstage
Platform
11. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Proscenium Stage
Offstage
Perspective Scenery
12. Fire curtain used to be called this
short short - short - center - long - long long
Asbestos
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Loft Block
13. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Lighting Designer
Milliner
Pipe weight
Rake
14. 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
Fire Curtain
Master Electrician/Electrician
Scrim
15. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Crossover
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Two Fer
Source 4 ERS
16. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Downstage
Scenic Designer
Gridiron
Fresnel
17. Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Actual vs. Nominal
Flats
Proscenium Stage
Director
18. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Sprinkling system
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Look - listen - and learn
FOH: Front of House
19. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Stage Directions
Source 4 ERS
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Smoke Pocket
20. A platform where pig irons are loaded onto or off of arbors
Loading Dock
Lighting Designer
Artistic Director
Rocker
21. A performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage; sometimes called in-the-round
Platforms
Apron
Cove
Arena Stage
22. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
olor Elevations
Head block
Tormentors
Director
23. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Fusible links
Loading Dock
Drop
Lighting Designer
24. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Tormentors
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Grand Drape
Sprinkling system
25. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Set Pieces
Trump Ploy
Catwalk
Batten Clamp
26. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Sprinkling system
Front of House (FOH)
Rails & Styles
SAFETY
27. 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
Stage Manager
Fire Curtain
FOH: Front of House
Upstage
28. A narrow - elevated walkway above the stage or the house or stage where crew members might access lights or flown scenery
Actual vs. Nominal
Catwalk
Lighting Designer
Grand Drape
29. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
Gel
Thrust Stage
Black Box
Vomitorium
30. Creates a visual home for the play on stage - setting (color)
Gridiron
Scenic Designer
Trap room
Scenic Director
31. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Rear Projection Screens (RP Screens)
Scrim
ontinental Seating
Front of House (FOH)
32. 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
short short - short - center - long - long long
Rails & Styles
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Borders
33. Mounted to the gridiron or support steel that supports and changes the direction of a lift line rope between the load and the head block
Loft Block
Channels
Board of Directors
Artistic Director
34. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Scrim
Vomitorium
TPI
Offstage
35. Levels of intensity
Dimmers
Fire Curtain
Loft Block
Section View
36. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Overhung
Rake
Gridiron
Sprinkling system
37. Lighting position: anti-pro - or anti-proscenium
Fire Curtain
olor Elevations
Drapery
Cove
38. (Framing) - Rails (shorter) always caps a style (long)
Arena Stage
Actual vs. Nominal
Rails & Styles
Board of Directors
39. (Seating) entering & exiting at extreme ends; Zellerbach Playhouse is like this
Rake
ontinental Seating
TPI
Gussets
40. 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
Circuit
Fire Curtain
Lighting Designer
Production Manager
41. Levels of intensity
Look - listen - and learn
Upstage
Dimmers
Platform
42. A hose connection for a fire hose
Borders
Channels
Stand pipe
ontinental Seating
43. Directions from the actor's point of view
Smoke Pocket
Dimmers
Pit
Stage Directions
44. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Overhung
Downstage
Proscenium Stage
Apron
45. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Borders
Gel
short short - short - center - long - long long
Stage Manager
46. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Lighting Designer
Proscenium Stage
Channels
short short - short - center - long - long long
47. Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen
Set Pieces
Production Manager
Masking
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
48. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Drop
Pipe weight
Head block
Dimmers
49. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
Platform
Gussets
Upstage
FOH: Front of House
50. 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
Gridiron
Apron
Cyclorama
Board of Directors