Theatre Space Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. opening in the stage floor, normally covered, which can be used for special effects, such as having scenery or performers rise from below
  2. 4. second tier of seating
  3. 5. is a horizontal masking border that is lowered to reduce the height of the opening of the stage
  4. 7. small room at the back of the auditorium; used to house light and sound equipment
  5. 10. the stage area towards the audience
  6. 13. the imaginary line at which the act curtain meets the floor
  7. 14. the stage area away from audience
  8. 16. lower section of the second tier of seating
  9. 18. Theatre-in-the-rounda performance space in which the audience sits all around the stage
  10. 19. wall forming a picture frame separating the stage from the auditorium
Down
  1. 1. a combination of the proscenium and the arena stages, with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
  2. 2. a performance space in which the audience views the action as if through a picture frame
  3. 4. stage area beyond the acting area
  4. 6. the auditorium, or the area where the audience sits
  5. 8. areas of the stage not in view of the audience
  6. 9. area immediately below the stage which is usually lower than the auditorium level; used primarily by the stage orchestra
  7. 11. offstage areas right and left stage
  8. 12. onstage decoration to help establish the time and place of a play
  9. 15. curtains or flats placed on either side of the stage just upstage of the curtain line; they serve to mask the wings from the view of the audience
  10. 17. the acting area of the stage that extends beyond the proscenium