Theatre terms

Learn basic Stage Directions with the Stage Diagram provided. Blocking made simple by knowledge of the Director's Stage Vocabulary.

Here is a small glossary of theatre terms, including vocabulary and terminology related to acting, auditions and rehearsals, scripts, technical theatre, theatre people, and stage directions.

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Our popular Drama and Theatre posters are a great way of engaging your students in drama and improving their understanding of important topics and skills.

Our popular Drama and Theatre posters are a great way of engaging your students in drama and improving their understanding of important topics and skills.

To an outsider, theatrical jargon probably doesn’t make a lot of sense. Hence, the following funny for your weekend (source is unknown, but I found this little gem linked on both Theatrecraft…

Type: Theatre Basics Purpose: To understand the directional terms for staging Procedure: 1. Briefly discuss with the students stage history and layout: Hundreds of years ago, stages were raked, which means the back of the stage was higher than the front. Since the audiences’ seats were usually on a flat level, the stage was raked so...

A short introduction to theater stage design, and an overview of theater terms such as upstage, centerstage, downstage, stage left, house left etc.

Classwork: Students designed masks for their Greek chorus project (see Day 16) Please see document below (or in Google classroom) for rubric on design of mask and description activity