12/10/2023 0 Comments Spike definition in drama![]() In the case of the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, where there is audience on three sides, then down stage is opposite to the side where the audience isn’t sitting (effectively the front of the set). It is called “down” because some theatre stages are sloped (“raked”) towards the audience, so it literally is the lowest point of the stage. Down stage: The part of the stage that is closest to the audience.Curtain: Either the large drape that obscures the stage from an audience or a time when the show will start.Curtain Warmers: The lights that are focused on the curtain so that the audience has something to look at before the show starts.Curtain Call: When the actors come out at the end of the show to take their bows.It will involve all important happenings such as a song, a battle or a difficult sequence with props. Cue to Cue run-through: A rehearsal of the play, usually done during Dry Tech, where you start at the beginning of the play, miss out long bits of dialogue where essentially nothing technical happens (eg no cues) and then skip forward to where something does happen, be it a lighting cue, sound cue, an actors entrance, a sequence where an actor has to get off to do a quick change and then back on again.Crew Watch: The rehearsal set aside for all of the departments to come and watch the show so they have an overall understanding of how their crew fits into the “grand scheme of things”.Cast Party: The generic term for a party where all cast and crew involved with a production are invited to relax and have a good time after the show.Depending on the production, the director uses callbacks to select principal roles (having already selected chorus/ensemble during the first round), or the director uses callbacks to review his/her short list of potential cast members. Callbacks: The second round of auditions.Call Time: The time that all actors and crew are expected to be at the theater.Call Board: The bulletin board where everyone signs in and notices are posted (also known as sign-in board).Bump: The lights or sound on stage come on or go off without any delay, just like a switch.Booth: Where the stage manager and usually sound and light crews are during the production.Actors are given these bits of direction during blocking rehearsals and they should, as Haskell would say, “write it down, write it down, write it down”. Blocking: Direction given to actors as to where they should stand or move to during the course of the play.(RLT’s are “truss battens” meaning that they are made of two pipes connected by flat steel). ![]() Batten: the pipes above the main stage that are the part of the counter-weight system on which scenery and lights are hung.The weight of the arbor must match the weight of the batten. Arbor: The part of the counter-weight system that holds steel weights.The area of the theatre that is located between the curtain and the orchestra pit. Apron: The part of the stage closest to the audience.The name was originally coined by Carmen Mandley to indicate that all actors and all back stage volunteers should come and help. It is typically a volunteer call to help with major set construction and, in the Gaddy Goodwin Teaching Theatre, rearranging of seating platforms. ![]()
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