q('auditorium#theatre, place for performances');
q('backstage#behind the stage');
q('blackout#to completely forget one\'s lines');
q('downstage#the front of the stage');
q('ensemble#(small) group of performers');
q('freeze#to stop moving');
q('improvisation#to make up text and action as one goes along');
q('monologue#speech for one actor');
q('offstage#not on stage, anywhere in the theatre');
q('props#items used on stage');
q('upstage#back of stage (opposite of downstage)');
q('arena#theatre in the round, stage in the middle of the audience');
q('blocking#where actors stand');
q('plot#content of a story');
q('scene#small "chapter" of a play');
q('strike#clear the stage completely');
q('sightlines#how far/what the audience can see on stage');
q('wings#side of the stage which the audience cannot see');