Across
- 5. The middle of the playing area
- 6. The auditorium where the audience sits and/or the audience itself
- 8. 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, and lights on and off stage quickly.
- 9. The area of the stage to the performer's right, when facing downstage (i.e. the audience).
- 11. The imaginary line across the stage floor which follows the line of the front curtain.
- 13. The front, often decorative, curtain of a stage. Also known as the Main Rag.
- 15. Usually just "cyc" (rhymes with 'bike'). A large, usually white, curtain that is lit to create setting and masks the back of the stage behind the set.
- 16. The area of the stage closest to the audience.
- 19. Complete absence of stage lighting.
- 21. The portal that divides the audience from the stage. The audience directly faces the playing area which is separated by a portal called the proscenium arch.
Down
- 1. The area of the stage that is the furthest from the audience.
- 2. The lounge backstage where actors and other performers wait in when they are not needed onstage or in their dressing rooms.
- 3. The section of the theatre designated for the operation of technical equipment, followspots, lighting and sound boards, and is sometimes the location of the stage manager's station.
- 4. The area of the stage to the performer's left, when facing downstage
- 7. In productions where live music is required is positioned in front and below of the stage in a pit.
- 10. Depending on the space available a theatre may have its own storage areas for old scenic and costume elements as well as lighting and sound equipment.
- 12. The out of view areas to the sides of the acting area. It is used for performers preparing to enter, storage of sets for slow changes and as a stagehand work area. Wings also hide technical equipment, such as lights which project from the side of the stage.
- 13. The ghost light tradition—leaving a single lit bulb upstage center when the theater is empty—is meant to ward off mischievous spirit.
- 14. Section of the stage floor which projects towards or into the auditorium. In proscenium theatres, the part of the stage in front of the the proscenium arch.
- 17. A large curtain, usually painted to represent the sky, a landscape, or some other background, dropped upstage to form the back of a wing set and to mask the backstage space; now commonly supplanted by a cyclorama.
- 18. A room in a theatre used for public entry to the building from the outside. Ticket counters, concessions and restrooms are all usually located in the lobby.
- 20. Narrow curtains in the wings to mask the backstage areas.