1. Theatre Terminology Apron
_________-The part of the stage floor extending beyond the proscenium arch into the house
Apron

2. Backing
________________ - Any type of scenery or material placed in back of an opening to mask the backstage area from the audience.

3. Baton
____________ - A long piece of wood or pipe at the top and bottom of a drop. A length of pipe, a part of a counter-weight system to which a drop or other scenic and lighting units or equipment are attached.

4. Blacks
____________ - black draperies used as legs and borders.

5. Box Set
____________ - An interior setting with three walls and possibly a ceiling.

6. Cyclorama
____________ - Usually a u-shaped expanse of light blue or white canvas used for sky effects. May also be a permanent feature of the stage or simply a drop

7. Downstage
_________ -The front of the stage, toward the audience

8. _________ -a large unframed canvas or muslin unit of scenery
Drop

9. _______________ - steps leading down from a platform not seen by the audience.
Escape Stairs

10. Flat
__________ - a rectangular frame covered with an unbroken expanse of muslin, canvas, luann, or other fabric..

11. ________________ -an inner frame set upstage of the grand drape to narrow the proscenium
False Proscenium

12. __________ - the space below the grid and above the stage floor where flown scenery is stored when not in use.
Fly Loft

13. Fly
__________ - a verb for shifting scenery by raising it vertically into the flies by means of a counterweight system.

14. ___________ - a framework of metal extending over the stage area and located at least 6 feet below the roof of the stage house. Used to support equipment for flying scenery.
Grid

15. ___________ - traditional waiting room or reception room of a theatre, located near the stage and serves as a meeting place for guests or a place where actors wait when not on stage.
Green Room

16. ___________- alert signal meaning you are working above people’s heads or something is coming down from above the stage.
Heads Up

17. ____________- alert signal meaning something is falling WATCH OUT
Clear

18. ____________ - where the audience sits
House

19. ____________ - the curtain, usually of heavy velour which separates the stage from the audience.
Grand Drape

20. ____________ - a unit of scenery which prevents the audience from seeing into the back-stage area. It is usually black in color.
Masking

21. ____________ - elements that provide for a finished set, or are sometimes used by an actor.
Properties

22. Decorative Props
_____________ - furniture or objects on stage that serve no practical purpose

23. _____________ - all the furniture normally used by the actors
Set Props

24. _____________ - small objects carried to and from the stage by the actors or handled by them while on stage.
Hand Props

25. _____________ - the opening in the wall between the stage and the auditorium.
Proscenium

26. Scene Shop
_____________ - the area used for the construction, covering, joining, and painting of the scenery.

27. _____________ - lightweight cotton netting
_____________ - lightweight cotton netting. Appears solid when lit from the front and becomes transparent when something is lit from behind.
Scrim

28. ___________ - an imaginary line extending from any seat in the auditorium past the proscenium arch to any position on stage to determine how much of the stage will be visible from that point.
Sight Line

29. ___________ - to remove a unit of scenery or prop from the stage, or to dismantle scenery at the end of the run of a show.
Strike

30. ___________ - to bring a scenic unit into the audience’s view (horizontally)

31. Off
___________ - to remove a scenic unit from the audience’s view (horizontally)

32. ___________ - to come into the audience’s view (vertically)

33. Out
_____________ - to go from the audience’s view (vertically).

34. _____________ - the part of the stage to the person’s right as he faces the audience
Stage Right

35. _____________ - the part of the stage to person’s left as he faces the audience
Stage Left

36. Tech Rehearsal
_____________ - rehearsal during which light and sound levels are set, scene shifting is rehearsed, costumes checked and costume changes rehearsed.

37. _____________ - tech rehearsal without the actors.
Dry Tech

38. _____________ - a horizontal masking frame or drapery usually matching the tormentor or leg and used to mask the space above the set.
Teaser/Border

39. Legs/Tormentors
_____________ - vertical masking pieces of drapery.

40. _____________ - a curtain rigged to part in the center and open to each side of the stage.
Traveler

41. _____________ - stage position towards the back of the stage, away from the audience.
Up Stage

42. _____________ - offstage side areas.
Wings

43. _____________ - area where front of the house position lighting is hanged and focused.
Catwalk

44. _____________ - term used to describe a stage that is slanted
_____________ - term used to describe a stage that is slanted. (the way the stages where designed in ancient Greece.)
Raked

45. _____________ - an imaginary line extending across the proscenium arch
_____________ - an imaginary line extending across the proscenium arch. Commonly known as the path that the grand drape follows.
Plaster Line