Common Technical Terms in Theater

Voyage

an instance of traveling

inchoate

being only partly in operation

baffle

to make someone confuse

tumult

excitement or noise

truculent

easily angered or annoyed

acting area

actors move in full view

audition

perfomances

blackout

complete absence of stage lighting

backstage

not visible to the audience

blocking

arrangeing the positions in the story

break a leg

good luck

call

important warning

center line

imaginery line

company

crew, cast

cue

signal that another action should follow

off stage

out of sight

up stage

furthest from the audience

techrun

first time of the show is rehearsed

run

rehearsal of the play

rear of the house

backstage or storage area

interval

break between perfomance

front of house

part of theather

down stage

clsoer to the audience