WINGS - offstage spaces to the sides of the acting area, PROSCENIUM - four-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away, enabling the audience to view the play as if it were in a picture frame., TEASER/BORDER - short, horizontal drape or curtain hung across the top of the stage to hide the lighting instruments from the audience’s view., GRAND DRAPE - the main curtain covering the proscenium opening separating the audience from the stage, ELECTRIC - batten or pipe hanging from above into which lighting instruments are hung to illuminate the stage, a power source for light., LAMP - single electric light bulb for stage lights.or a lighting instrument for the stage., TRAVELER - horizontally drawn curtain that opens and closes across the entire stage, moveable., APRON - part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch toward the audience, HOUSE - the section of the theatre where the audience sits, also called “out front”., STAGE - the area where the actors perform, usually a raised platform elevated for audience viewing., STAGE DOOR - an entrance to backstage and the acting area to be used by actors and technicians, not for audience access., BLACK BOX - flexible space for theatre performances where the audience seating and acting area can be arranged in any way to suit any production, painted neutral black. *Lopez drama classroom!, FRESNEL - type of lighting instrument that casts a soft–edged beam of light, projects/throws light only short distances, used to blend areas of light., ELLIPSOIDAL - a type of lighting instrument that produces a sharp-edged beam of light, can project/throw light farther than a Fresnel, used for distance., BLOCKING - an actor’s movement on stage., CROSS - an actor’s move from one area of the stage to another, abbreviated with X., ACTION - a command usually given by the director to begin a scene or a performance in acting class., STRIKE - the breaking down and removal of a stage set after a production has ended. Everything is removed from the stage and put away., SCENE - a single situation or unit of dialogue in a play, a subdivision of a play, a short situation acted out on stage., LEGS - tall, narrow curtains hung parallel to the proscenium at the sides of the stage. They're used to frame the sides of the acting space as well as to mask the wings, where actors and set pieces may be preparing to enter the stage.,

Theatre Arts I Stage Terminology

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