Theater Terminology Glossary

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Across
  1. 10. A fabric hung horizontally across the top of the stage to conceal lighting instruments or fly equipment
  2. 11. A location other than a theater that is used as a stage space
  3. 12. A scenery piece that conceals lighting instruments at the bottom of the cyclorama
  4. 15. Type of stage where the audience is opposite the stage and looks into the action through a proscenium arch
  5. 18. Type of stage where the audience is on two sides of the stage, with the stage space in the middle
  6. 19. Theater where the audience is moving about the space
  7. 20. Particulates in the air
  8. 23. When something enters or exits the stage space from above
  9. 24. A false wall on a stage
  10. 25. Type of stage where the audience is opposite of the stage but no proscenium arch is present
  11. 26. Type of stage where the audience is sitting on three sides of the stage
  12. 27. One large unit of the scenery that turns
  13. 28. The physical frame separating the audience from the stage in a proscenium stage
  14. 30. A means of moving sets on or offstage
Down
  1. 1. A scenery piece that is neither a flat nor a platform
  2. 2. A fabric hung horizontally above the main curtain to conceal its rigging and frame the stage
  3. 3. Any furniture and objects onstage that further create the world of the play
  4. 4. A scenery piece that raises the playing space above stage height
  5. 5. The area offstage and out of sight from the audience
  6. 6. Multiple small units of the stage that turn
  7. 7. The part of the stage that extends past the main playing space
  8. 8. A seamless fabric hung on the upstage wall of a theater, typically representing the sky
  9. 9. The front, furthest downstage curtain
  10. 13. When something enters or exits the stage space from the wings
  11. 14. A fabric hung vertically to conceal the wings of the stage
  12. 16. Theater where the audience is immersed into the world of the play
  13. 17. Type of stage where the audience and stage space relationship is flexible
  14. 21. When something enters or exits the stage space from below
  15. 22. A fabric that is opaque when lit from the front, and see through when lit from behind
  16. 29. Type of stage where the audience is on all four sides of the stage