The following list represents the terms used to describe types of stages or for essential elements of a stage.  In your group (of three), draw pictures of each of the terms.  It is acceptable (and advisable) to combine as many elements as possible into a single drawing; it is also acceptable to have more than one drawing.  I realize that some of the elements are more difficult to draw than others, but I also know that you are intelligent, creative, and hardworking people – YOU CAN DO IT! 

v   Front or Act Curtain: Curtain that masks the acting area or stage from the audience.  Opens show and can be used to separate Acts.

v   Apron:  Area between the front curtain & edge of the stage.

v   Proscenium Opening: Opening through which the
audience views the play or performance.  Sometimes called a picture frame stage.
Thrust Stage:  An area of stage which extends from the
proscenium arch toward the audience.
Theatre in the Round: An acting area or stage which may be viewed from all sides simultaneously.

v   Wings: Offstage areas to R and L of acting/onstage area.

v   Teaser: Heavy curtain hung from above the proscenium opening to adjust the height of the opening.

v   Tormentors:  Curtain or flat on each side of the proscenium opening used to regulate the width of the opening.

v   Borders: Short curtains hung at intervals above the acting area to mask lighting and flown scenery from audience.
Tabs:  Long curtains hung parallel to the tormentors on the right and left wing areas to create masking or entrances.
Trap:  An opening in the stage floor.
Grid: Metal framework above the stage from which lighting instruments and flown scenery are hung.
Fly Gallery:  Against one of the backstage walls, it is where the fly rope and pulley system is operated from.
Pin Rail:  Where fly lines are pulled and tied off.

v   Battens: Long horizontal pipes that hang above the stage from which curtains, lights and flats are hung or secured.
Masking: Used behind stage windows and doors to hide the backstage area from audience. 

v    Denotes those items that apply to our stage.