Parts of the Theatre and Stage Curtains

What can open and close at the start of each act?

The lighting positions over the stage are called the:

The curtain the closes off almost the entire stage from the audience is called ___ or ___

Scenery is flown in and out of sight of the audience using dangerous mechanisms called:

Electricians hang, plug, focus & gel lighting instruments that light downstage areas from here.

You will get extra credit if you know when he wrote, what he wrote and in what genre he wrote.

This is the nerve center of the theatre.

A counterweight system should only be used if you are trained by a:

The Edison theater has lighting positions on the sides of the Proscenium called ___ or ___?

FOH stands for:

The flys, fly space or fly loft may have the following three things hanging in the air:

The sound mix position is:

Hydraulic device that goes up and down to hide the musicians during a musical (Edison Theater)

The Edison Theater is this type of theater:

The balcony is:

Specialty curtain made of see-thru fabric;looks solid when front-lit; transparent lit from back

Large piece of painted fabric,much like a cyc, but painted to resemble some thing or some place

Who communicates with actors via an intercom?

The place where the audience sits is called the:

The orchestra is:

In the Edison theatre, the control booth is located:

Where actors wait & can hear stage manager calling warnings to get in place for upcoming scenes

The lighting technicians control light where?

Curtain just upstage of the main curtain, it hides everything in the flies from the audience.

This is where the carpenters build the sets, and the scenic artists paint them.

Backdrop that's the last curtain. Usually white & is turned different colors with light.

The area between the main curtain and the orchestra pit is called the:

If a table lamp is used, it would be plugged into these _____, lighting outlets on stage floor.

What does a fire curtain do and where is it located?

The poles hanging in the fly space are empty pipes called: