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Drama Finals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arena/Stadium | The playing area is in the center of a large open space which usually seats thousands of people. |
| Proscenium | The stage is often raised a few feet higher than the first rows of the audience playing area which is separated by a portal called the proscenium arch. The audience is on a rake, getting higher as the seating goes towards the rear of the house. |
| Thrust | he playing area protrudes out into the house with the audience seating on more than one side |
| Theatre in the round | The playing area is surrounded by audience seating on all sides |
| Black box theatre | A bare-bones stage of various seating types |
| Upstage | The area of the stage furthest from the audience |
| Downstage | The area of the stage closest to the audience |
| Stage Left | The area of the stage to the performer's left, when facing downstage |
| Stage Right | The area of the stage to the performer's right, when facing downstage |
| Center Stage | The center of the playing (performance) area |
| Centerline | An imaginary reference line on the playing area that indicates the exact center of the stage, travelling from up to downstage. |
| Onstage | The portion of the playing area visible to the audience |
| Offstage | The area surrounding the playing space not visible to the audience. Typically this refers to spaces accessible to the performers but not the audience, such as the wings, crossovers, and voms |
| Apron | The area of the stage in front of the proscenium arch, which may be small or, in a thrust stage, large |
| Backstage | Areas of the theatre adjacent to the stage accessible only to performers and technicians, including the wings, crossover, and dressing rooms |
| Crossover | The area used by performers and technicians to travel from stage left to right out of sight of the audience onstage created with masking and drapery |
| Plaster Line | An imaginary reference line on the playing area that indicates where the proscenium arch is. Typically, the plaster line runs across the stage at the back face (upstage face) of the proscenium wall. |
| Proscenium | The portal that divides the audience from the stage in traditional Western theatres. |
| Prompt corner | Area just to one side of the proscenium where the stage manager stands to cue the show and prompt performers |
| Rake | A slope in the performance space (stage), rising away from the audience |
| Safety curtain | A heavy fireproof curtain, in fiberglass, iron or similar material placed immediately behind the proscenium |
| Thrust stage | A performance space projecting well in front of the proscenium arch, usually with the audience on three sides |
| Wings | The wings are typically masked with legs. The wing space is used for performers preparing to enter, storage of sets for scenery changes and as a stagehand work area. Wings also contain technical equipment, such as the fly system. |
| Orchestra or Orchestra Pit | Often an orchestra pit will be equipped with a removable pit cover which provides safety by eliminating the steep drop off and also increases the available acting area above. |
| Auditorium | The section of the theatre designated for the viewing of a performance. Includes the patrons main seating area, balconies, boxes, and entrances from the lobby. |
| Dressing rooms | Rooms where cast members apply wigs, make-up and change into costumes. Depending on the size of the theatre, there may be only a male and female dressing room, or there might be many |
| Green room | the lounge backstage. This is the room where actors and other performers wait in when they are not needed onstage or in their dressing rooms. |
| Crossover | A crossover is a hallway, or catwalk designed to allow actors in a theater to move from wings on one side of a stage to wings on the other side without being seen by the audience this is built as a part of the theater |
| Fly system | A fly system is a system of ropes, counterweights, pulleys, and other such tools designed to allow a technical crew to quickly move set pieces, etc off stage quickly by "flying" them in from a large opening above the stage known as a fly tower/flyspace. |
| Catwalk | A catwalk is an elevated platform from which many of the technical functions of a theatre, such as lighting and sound, may be manipulated |
| Call board | Literally a backstage bulletin board which contains information about a theatrical production including contact sheets, schedules, rehearsal time changes, etc. |
| Trap room | A large open space under the stage of many large theatres. The trap room allows the stage floor to be leveled, extra electrical equipment to be attached, and most importantly, the placement of trap doors onto the stage (hence the name). |
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Delaney Wallace