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Rake: A slope in the performance space (stage), rising away from the audience.Prompt corner: Area just to one side of the proscenium where the stage manager stands to cue the show and prompt performers.Proscenium: The portal that divides the audience from the stage in traditional Western theatres.Typically, the plaster line runs across the stage at the back face (upstage face) of the proscenium wall. Plaster Line: An imaginary reference line on the playing area that indicates where the proscenium arch is.Crossover: The area used by performers and technicians to travel between sides of the stage out of sight of the audience sometimes created onstage with flats, or masking and drapery.Typically this refers to areas directly accessible from the stage and does not include spaces such as the control booth or Orchestra pit Backstage: Areas of the theatre adjacent to the stage accessible only to performers and technicians, including the wings, crossover, and dressing rooms.Apron: The area of the stage in front of the proscenium arch, which may be small or, in a thrust stage, large.Note that for performance spaces with audiences in more than one orientation, typically one direction is arbitrarily denoted as "downstage" and all other directions reference that point. Typically this refers to spaces accessible to the performers but not the audience, such as the wings, crossovers, and voms.

Offstage: The area surrounding the playing space not visible to the audience.

Onstage: The portion of the playing area visible to the audience.

Center Line: An imaginary reference line on the playing area that indicates the exact center of the stage, travelling from up to downstage.

Center Stage: The center of the playing (performance) area.

Stage Right: The area of the stage to the performer's right, when facing downstage (i.e.

Stage Left: The area of the stage to the performer's left, when facing downstage (i.e.

Downstage: The area of the stage closest to the audience.

Upstage: The area of the stage furthest from the audience.

Movement is choreographed by blocking which is organized movement on stage created by the director to synchronize the actor's movement onstage in order to use these positions. In order to keep track of how performers and set pieces move around the space, the stage is divided up into sections oriented based on the performers perspective to the audience. The area of the theatre in which the performance takes place is referred to as the stage.

Similar in design to a fashion show runway.

Traverse: The elongated playing area is surrounded by audience seating on two sides.

Thrust: The playing area protrudes out into the house with the audience seating on 3 sides.

Theatre in the round: The playing area is surrounded by audience seating on all sides.

Proscenium: The audience directly faces the playing area which is separated by a portal called the proscenium arch.

Typically the seating and performance space are on the same level. Often the seating is not fixed allowing the room to be re-configured for the demands of a specific production. Black box theatre: An unadorned space with no defined playing area.In almost all cases the playing space is made of temporary staging ( risers) and is elevated a few feet higher than the first rows of audience. Seating layouts are typically similar to the theatre in the round, or proscenium (though the stage will not have a proscenium arch. Arena: A large open door with seating capacity for very large groups.