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# - making 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');