stage right
Audience's left side
Stage right is the right side of a theater stage from the performer's perspective—facing the audience.
It's the audience's left.
Stage directions use this orientation: She exits stage right.
The term occasionally appears figuratively for dramatic departures or positioning.
blocking
Limbs for flight
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- prosceniumTheater's architectural frame
- sightlinesUnobstructed viewing paths
- crossPass from side to side
entrance · exit · mark · spike · positioning · movement · traverse · facing
exits
Plural stage departure
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- departureAct of going away
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
blackout · fadeout · walkoff · scene change · dramatic exit · final exit · recessional
direction
Of the side
- spatialRelating to physical extent
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- conventionallyIn accepted manner
wings
Limbs for flight
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- prosceniumTheater's architectural frame
- sightlinesUnobstructed viewing paths
cross · entrance · exit · mark · spike · positioning · movement · traverse · facing · angling
exeunt
Plural stage departure
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- departureAct of going away
curtain · blackout · fadeout · walkoff · scene change · dramatic exit · final exit · recessional
lateral
Of the side
- spatialRelating to physical extent
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- conventionallyIn accepted manner
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, actor, actress
- stagecraftwings, wing, proscenium, forestage, thrust
- theater jargoncurtain call, dress rehearsal, greenroom, opening night, places
- stage movementmovement, gesture, walk, turn, entrance
- Elizabethan theaterBlackfriars, Globe Theatre, groundlings, heavens, trap door
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push