All about the Stage

The Stage The stage is a very large platform with some areas that can be seen from the audience and other areas that can’t be seen by the audience ONSTAGE-standing where the audience cans see you OFFSTAGE-outside the view of the audience but still on the actual stage An actor might be asked to wait offstage and run on when they hear a gunshot or a cue word The area on the sides of the stage but out of the audiences view is called the WING

The Stage BACKSTAGE Out of the view of the audience The area where preparation takes place, such as actors waiting to come on stage or the crew getting props ready The word backstage is a general term used for anywhere the audience doesn’t go Wardrobe rooms Carpentry shops Wig rooms Offstage on the wings

The Stage Stage Directions are used when rehearsing to help the actors know where to go during the musical CENTER STAGE- the center of the stage DOWNSTAGE- the front of the stage UPSTAGE- the back of the stage STAGE RIGHT- when facing the audience, this is the area to your right STAGE LEFT- when facing the audience, this is the area to your left

The Stage A TRAP- a hole in the floor that you can enter the stage from, exit through, or bring scenery and props through Used to create simple illusions Used to bring up scenery Some traps have lifts to magically make actors or props appear or disappear

What goes on the Stage Curtains- many different types, but some theatres don’t use them at all Lights- many different types and colors Props- any object held, used or carried by a performer during a performance Special Effects- visual elements such as fog, smoke, lightening, breaking furniture or snow Pyrotechnics- the illusion of fire or explosions

Opened in 1977 and ran on Broadway for 7 years Based on a comic striped called Little Orphan Annie Takes place in 1922

Annie Annie lives in an orphanage for girls where they are treated horrible by Mrs. Hannigan Annie is always very hopeful that her parents will be back someday to get her and decides to escape to find her parents but is caught and brought back to the orphanage Grace, the assistant to the Billionaire Oliver Warbucks, come to the orphanage to ask an orphan to live with them for the Christmas Holiday She selects Annie and the go to the mansion where Warbucks is never in a good mood or too fond of children

Annie Annie wears a locket that her parents left with her and tells Warbucks she believes they will be back to get her someday Warbucks decides he wants to help Annie find her parents and puts out a reward for her parents to come forward Mrs. Hannigan and her cousin, Rooster, decide it would be a good way to get rich and want to try to fool Warbucks because Hannigan has the missing piece of the locket Annie thinks her parents have

Annie Hundreds of couples show up claiming to be her parents but none no about the lockets so they know they are fake Warbucks decides to adopt Annie and then Rooster shows up claiming he is her father and they are shocked he knows about the locket Warbucks still thinks he is lying so asks to keep Annie one more night for the Christmas party FDR comes to the party and reveals who Annie’s parents are and that they died in a fire right after Annie was born Warbucks adopts Annie

Annie- Tomorrow The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! Just thinkin' about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow 'Til there's none! When I'm stuck with a day That's gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin And Grin, And Say, Oh! The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You're always A day A way!