Across
- 1. one of the names for the area in front of the proscenium that can be an acting area
- 5. a special curtain with a really open weave that looks solid if you light it from the front, and becomes translucent if you light it from the back. There was one used quite a lot in Brigadoon.
- 7. a theatre configuration where the audience is sitting on three sides of the acting area.
- 8. the curtains that specifically keep us from seeing offstage to the right or left. They help hide entrances
- 10. the curtains that we have in the Donnell that hide the really extreme sightlines. They run up to down stage.
- 11. the "boss" in a for-profit theatre
- 13. Generic term for all of the curtains that keep us from seeing the stuff backstage
- 15. any curtain that moves side to side
- 16. another word for the audience
- 19. Another term for theatre in-the-round
- 21. the drawing of the set -- from the side -- so you can see how tall things are
- 22. the term used in the theatre for a pipe that scenery or lighting hangs on
Down
- 2. A seating area, a group of musicians, a pit
- 3. an entrance to the stage from under the audience seating area -- like in a football stadium
- 4. the name given to the areas of the theatre that are directly off stage
- 6. the steel structure above the theatre space that supports all of the flying scenery and lighting.
- 9. marking where a piece of furniture goes in a scene -- usually with tape
- 10. Nope -- this is not what you do with your bangs. This is the height that a drop or drapery plays at. Usually there is a high one and a low one.
- 12. Stage __________ is the same as House Left
- 14. the invisible line that goes across the stage at the upstage side of the proscenium. We use it with the center line to place the set in the space.
- 17. the term used when the stage or the audience is at an angle
- 18. the direction an actor is going if they are walking away from the audience
- 20. a light that we leave on for safety when the theatre is empty