Theatre Vocab Quiz #2 (Reverse ABC Order)

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Across
  1. 5. Any prop, light, or piece of scenery that is usable and used within the play.
  2. 6. Notebook that contains all the paperwork necessary to run the production.
  3. 8. The fee paid to an author or his agent for the performing rights of a play.
  4. 9. Anything in position before the beginning of a scene or act.
  5. 10. Loosely-woven material that is used as a drop. When lit from the front it looks solid; from behind, transparent.
  6. 11. To help an actor with their lines when they ask or are stumbling.
  7. 12. The person responsible for making, finding, buying, borrowing, and upkeeping the props.
  8. 17. A small piece of wood or flat protruding from the side of a flat to make the wall appear thick from the view of the audience.
  9. 19. Imaginary lines of sight that determine what on stage is visible to the audience.
  10. 21. The total number of performances of a production, can last days or even years.
  11. 22. The table backstage on which props are laid out, usually in a mapped out order.
  12. 23. An exceptionally quick clothing change that requires the assistance of the Dressers.
Down
  1. 1. Dim lights used backstage so that the actors and crew can see; typically they are blue.
  2. 2. The decoration of the set with items that are principally for aesthetic purposes
  3. 3. The scale drawing that gives you a view of the scenery.
  4. 4. The shorter top and bottom pieces of the frame of a flat.
  5. 7. The outlining frame of the stage opening that separates the house from the stage.
  6. 12. All objects, except for scenery, used during a play.
  7. 13. An excerpt from a play used during auditions.
  8. 14. A stage that is built on an upward slant.
  9. 15. To rehearse the show by performing from beginning to end without stopping.
  10. 16. A U–shaped clamp fastened with a bolt across the top. Used to attach pipes to the fly system.
  11. 18. The process of safely flying scenery and stage equipment.
  12. 19. The process of moving from one setting into another during a play.
  13. 20. Theatre people are superstitious and it is considered very bad luck to say the name of Shakespeare’s Macbeth on stage.