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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. What type of stage is Zellerbach playhouse?
Tormentors
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Proscenium Stage
Drop
2. Flat view of area from a direction (north - south - east - west and in between)
Master Electrician/Electrician
Overhung
Elevation
FOH: Front of House
3. Hire and fire Managing Director and Artistic Director - these are patrons w/ money & connections - in the upper echelons of authority and want to help theater but doesn't necessarily know how
Sprinkling system
Board of Directors
FOH: Front of House
Section View
4. A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
Set Pieces
Stage Directions
Gobo
FOH: Front of House
5. Main wheel at the top of the counterweight arbor system
Locking rail
Rake
SAFETY
Head block
6. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
Loft Block
FOH: Front of House
Fusible links
Director
7. Orchestra pit where the band plays
Production Manager
Proscenium Stage
Borders
Pit
8. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Fresnel
Scenic Director
Fire Curtain
Technical Director
9. The purchase (hand) line runs through the __________ so it can be secured in place.
Locking rail
Overhung
olor Elevations
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
10. The person who finds the financial investors - hires the director and production staff - sets the budget - and pays the bills for a theatrical production
Grand Drape
olor Elevations
Fire Curtain
Producer
11. A hose connection for a fire hose
Master Electrician/Electrician
Voltage
Actual vs. Nominal
Stand pipe
12. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
SAFETY
Gridiron
Drop
Tormentors
13. 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
Rake
Trap room
Loft Block
14. The area onstage furthest away from the audience
olor Elevations
Company Manager
Upstage
short short - short - center - long - long long
15. One that makes - trims - designs hats; also sometimes handles accessories
Milliner
Offstage
Masking
Cues
16. A stage area out of sight of the audience
Offstage
Center Line
Circuit
Set Pieces
17. Also known as legs - flats or curtains at the extreme right and left of stage
Tormentors
Sprinkling system
Director
Wings
18. Reinforcers that joints in wood and metal - anything that connects (Keystone - corner block - anything that bridges two pieces together )
Pipe weight
Gussets
Elevation
Pit
19. The part of the stage closest to the audience
Crossover
Scenic Designer
Downstage
Actual vs. Nominal
20. What is anything downstage from the plaster line in a proscenium house?
FOH: Front of House
Grand Drape
Batten Clamp
Downstage
21. Directions from the actor's point of view
Dimmers
Downstage
Rails & Styles
Stage Directions
22. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Scenic Designer
Plaster Line
Locking rail
Loft Block
23. Anything and everything in lobby - downstage from proscenium
Source 4 ERS
Front of House (FOH)
Drapery
Loading Dock
24. (sizes of wood) 2 x 4 (nominal) > first milled - then changes because of shaving ... actual is 1.5 x 3.5 - for this class know 2x4 - 1x3 - 4x4... within that range
Locking rail
Actual vs. Nominal
Loading Dock
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
25. Front part or area of the stage extending past the main act curtain; also called lip
Flats
Upstage
Apron
Trump Ploy
26. Correct order of a 5 line system pipe
Scrim
Scenic Director
Fusible links
short short - short - center - long - long long
27. Underneath the stage where things are stored (like ERS' or Fresnels and seats)
Trap room
Offstage
Set Pieces
Voltage
28. Designer that usually determines the color of the show
Asbestos
Cyclorama
Scenic Director
Scenic Designer
29. 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
Thrust Stage
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Board of Directors
30. What kind of pipe batten does Zellerbach use/order?
Plaster Line
Gussets
Rails & Styles
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
31. A system of rigging and ropes that is used to raise and lower scenery within on stage - operated by hand or mechanically from backstage.
Gridiron
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
Wings
Channels
32. A theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
1.5 inch (ID) schedule 40 - black pipe
Thrust Stage
Gobo
short short - short - center - long - long long
33. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies
Head block
ontinental Seating
short short - short - center - long - long long
Drop
34. Plug in wall
Gobo
Platforms
Circuit
Production Manager
35. Six steps to hang a light (fresnel or ellipsoidals)
Catwalk
Scenic Designer
Fly Space
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
36. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
short short - short - center - long - long long
Milliner
Rake
Gel
37. Loft blocks in Zellerbach Playhouse are __________ for easier access and movement
Asbestos
Overhung
Fresnel
Front of House (FOH)
38. Lighting instrument whose name refers to the etched or contoured glass lens
Fly loft
Artistic Director
Master Electrician/Electrician
Fresnel
39. Steel framework that runs above the stage that is used to support the rigging system
Gridiron
Loading Dock
Artistic Director
Fly Space
40. Made of channels - A visual or aural signal that indicates the beginning of an action - line of dialogue - or piece of music
Cues
Gel
Lighting Designer
Director
41. Most commonly used lighting instrument in the theatre that we focused
Stage Manager
Source 4 ERS
Grand Drape
Board of Directors
42. Teeth per inch (razors/blades) - fewer for softer wood - more cuts through metal (unforgiving)
Thrust Stage
Technical Director
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
TPI
43. Set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
Section View
FOH: Front of House
Platforms
Fly System: purchase (hand) lines
44. According to what do lighting designers arrange their light plots - allowing them to follow a 'map' of the plot
Overhung
Channels
ERS (Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight)
Batten Clamp
45. Stage weights that remain on arbor when there are no scenery or lights attached
Pipe weight
Smoke Pocket
Hang - tighten - pull shutters - chain - plug - and aim
Head block
46. Directions from the actor's point of view
Stage Directions
Platforms
Channels
Batten Clamp
47. Everything hands on - the person who figures out how the set will be built and then oversees construction - works closest with Scenic Director
Ground Plan
Two Fer
Shoe Maker/Foot wear
Technical Director
48. Painted set on the ground which the actors stand on
short short - short - center - long - long long
Drop
Artistic Director
Platform
49. Connection between pipe batten and lift lines - before trim chain.
Producer
Fly Space
Gobo
Batten Clamp
50. Also called the main drape - the grand curtain - or the main rag; the one that has to open for the show to start
Milliner
Catwalk
Grand Drape
Drop