ACROSS
- Oval or round stage with seating rising from the center
amphitheater
- Large cloth, often painted, used for creating a picture background on stage
drop
- All stage furnishings, furniture, and things carried onstage
properties
- A frame or arch separating stage from auditorium
proscenium
- Side pieces such as flats or drops placed just upstage of the proscenium to adjust width of opening
tormentors
- This fabric drop seems opaque when lit from the front
scrim
- Show produced in a small space with limited seating
cabaret
- Wooden frame covered with cloth
flat
- Italian Renaissance improvisational comedy
commedia dell’arte
- Offstage areas to right and left of acting area
wings
- Narrow bridge near ceiling
catwalk
- This long piece of wood or pipe helps suspend scenery, lights, curtains
batten
- A French term to denote the young female lead of a play
ingenue
- Play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way
comedy
- Stagehands to raise and lower flown scenery and draperies
fly crew
- Greek term meaning “God from a machine”
deus ex machina
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DOWN
- Untangling and resolution of plot, from the French
denouement
- An opening in the stage floor
trap
- This Greek term refers to an act of excessive pride
hubris
- Floor space between front curtain and edge of stage
apron
- This stage has no proscenium arch and has seats on three or four sides
arena stage
- Area of the stage away from the audience; toward rear of stage
upstage
- The offstage waiting room
green room
- Type of drama which uses no words
pantomime
- Flats or drops behind scenery openings
backing
- Kind of theater: low comedy that mocks a broad topic
burlesque
- Greek term meaning emotional release
catharsis
- Where fly rope-and-pulley system is operated
fly gallery
- This term for an actor originated in Greece
thespian
- Stage command for actors to take their positions
places
- Short curtains which mask lighting and flown scenery from audience
borders
- Gradual slope in stage floor height
rake
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