Intro to Theatre Vocabulary

3. A stage platform that extends forward into the house, with audience members seated on three sides.
5. The specific section of the stage floor that extends past the main architectural frame toward the audience.
7. What a character wants to achieve or win in a specific scene.
8. The planned movement and positions of actors onstage.
10. The backstage lounge area where the cast and crew gather to rest, warm up, or wait when not onstage.
12. A large fabric surface stretched across the back wall of the stage used to project color washes or simulate skies.

1. A person who performs a character or role for an audience.
2. Using breath and clear speech so your voice carries to the back row without shouting.
4. A stage type where the audience sits on only one side, facing a framed stage like a picture frame.
5. A stage that sits at the absolute center, completely surrounded by the audience on all four sides.
6. The offstage spaces directly to the left and right of the acting area where actors wait for entrances.
8. A flexible, modular square or rectangular room painted completely dark where seating can be moved around.
9. A word, movement, sound, or light that signals a line or action.
11. A group of performers who work together as one team.