1. Theatre Vocab
Weeks 1-2

2. Profile Left or Profile Right
face completely to the left or right

3. Open Up
turn more fully towards the audience

4. Open Turn
turn towards the audience

5. Closed Turn
turn one’s back to the audience

6. Full Front
face the audience straight on

7. Blocking
The movement and stage business designed by the director and performed by the actors.

8. Downstage
The part of the stage closest to the audience. At one time stages were raked, or sloped, with the lower ("down") part closest to the audience, and the higher ("up") part further away.

9. Stage Right
That part of the stage to the actor's right when the actor faces the audience.

10. Upstage
The area of the stage farthest way from the audience and nearest to the back wall.

11. Stage Left
That part of the stage to the actor's left when the actor faces the audience.

12. Apron
The area of the stage that extends toward the audience, in front of the grand drape.

13. Wings
The space off stage masked by the legs (curtains), often used for exits and entrances.

14. Day 2

15. Thrust Stage
A theatre with audience seated around three sides of the stage. extends beyond the proscenium with a 3-side audience

16. Proscenium Stage
A traditional theatre with the audience seated in front of a proscenium arch framing the stage.

17. Black Box
A bare room used as a versatile theatre space in which the seating and production elements can be presented in any configuration.

18. Arena Stage
A theatre with a central playing area and the audience seated around the perimeter, also called "theatre in-the-round.“

19. Fly System
hanging rails above the stage to drape scenery drops and “fly” things in & out

20. Set
All of the scenery—walls, platforms, doors, etc.—that makes up the physical environment of the world of the play.

21. Props
All the stage furnishings, including furniture, that are physically used by the actors.

22. Flats
Canvas or wood-covered frames that are used for the walls of a stage setting.

23. Dress the Stage
balance the stage picture

24. Cross
The actor's movement from one stage location to another.

25. Catwalk
walking area above the audience and stage to be used when working on the scenery or lights