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• TheatER

  the structure within which theatrical performance are given: usually includes an orchestra or seating area and a stage.
• TheatRE 


  a collaborative art form including the composition, enactment, and interpretation of dramatic presentation for an audience
• Stage Crew


  responsible for running the show
• Artist 


  a male or female person who performs a role in a play, television, or movie
• Director 


  the person who oversees the entire process of staging production
• Proscenium Stage


  a stage where the audience sits on one side. Thw audience faces one side of the stage directly, and normally sits at a lower height.
• Thrust Stage


  is the oldest known fixed type of staging in the world, and it is thousands of years old
• In-the-round Stage


  is positioned at the center of the audience
• Traverse Stage


  a stage where the audience sits on the two sides; like a runaway stage
• Proscenium 


  the view of the stage for the audience; also called a proscenium arch. The archway is in a sense the frame for stage as defined by the boundaries of the stage beyond which a viewer cannot see
• Teaser


  the border drapes across the top of the stage that conceals the lightining instruments
• Tormentor 


  the border drapes on the sides of the stage that conceals the backstage areas
• Cyclorama


  the large muslin drape hung across the extreme upstage area that represents the sky
• Grand Drape


  the main curtian that conceals the stage from the audience
• Apron


  the area of the stage on the audience side of the grand drape
• Battens


  pipes hung above the width of the stage that can be used for hanging scenery
• Electric 


  a batten affixed with electrical outlets used for hanging and powering lightning instruments
• Backdrop 


  a large piece of painted fabric hung behind the actors. Usually painted to resemble a realistic location
• Cross


  a movement from one part of the stage to another
• Gestures 


  an expressive movement of the body or limbs
• Stage Direction 


  the actions of a play printed in the script by the publisher.
• Dialogue 


  the conversation between actors on stage
• Comedy 


  a theatrical work that is intentionally humorous
• Style


  a distinctive and unique manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects.
• Tragedy 


  a play that demonstrate a character's fall from grace, power, position or moral standing through his/her own actions
• Genre 


  a particular type or category of literature
• Text


  any printed words, including dialogue and the stage directions for the script.
• Articulation 


  clear and precise pronunciations of words
• Plot


  ordered structure of a play as the action of progress through the story
• Crisis


  a decisive point in the plot of a play on where the outcome of the remaining action depends
• Act


  subdivision between sections of play
• Acting Area


  That area within the performance space within which the actor may move in full view of the audience. Also known as the playing area
• Arena


  Form of stage where the audience are seated on at least two (normally three, or all four) side of the whole acting area
• Audition 


  Process where the director or casting director or a production asks actors/actresses/performers to show him/her what they can do.
• Backstage 


  the part of the stage and theatre which is out of the sight of audience
• Blocking


  the planning and working of the movements of actors on stage.
• Cast


  the members of the acting company
• Casting


  the process of the director choosing actors to perform the characters in the play
• Costumes


  clothes worn by the actors onstage
• Cue


  the command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation.