Basic Theatre Terms

A hall in a theatre where people come together and talk.

• buffet

• ballet

• foyer

• usher

People that come to a theatre to watch the performance.

• entertainment

• audience

• applaud

• musicians

Building used for storage

Provided backdrops and dressing rooms

• Skene

• Proskenium

• Parakskenia

• Parodos

• Orchestra

facade of the skene

• Skene

• Proskenium

• Parakskenia

• Parodos

• Orchestra

primary entrance/exit for the chorus (also the name of the first song sung by the chorus as they enter the theater)

• Skene

• Proskenium

• Parakskenia

• Parodos

• Orchestra

raised platform in the orchestra used by the choragos during his dialogues with the chorus

• Thymele

• Prohedria

• Diazomata

• Kerkides/Cunei

• Theatron

horizontal walkways seperating lower and upper sections of seats

• Thymele

• Prohedria

• Diazomata

• Kerkides/Cunei

• Theatron

audience space

eventually becomes the word used to describe the entire auditorium

• Thymele

• Prohedria

• Diazomata

• Kerkides/Cunei

• Theatron

What is the light blue blank (in the middle bottom)?

• Skene

• Proskenium

• Paraskenia

• Parados

• Orchestra

What is the light pink blank (in the middle)?

• Skene

• Proskenium

• Paraskenia

• Parados

• Orchestra