downstage
Americanadverb
adjective
noun
adverb
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of downstage
Vocabulary lists containing downstage
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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Example Sentences
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He not only conducted the orchestra upstage, but regularly pivoted to turn downstage, cuing the principal singers when they needed it.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
Biden walked in and, relatively unceremoniously, sat downstage right.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022
Kushner remembers how moments before the final confrontation between Biff and Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” Garfield would walk downstage and smoke a cigarette, leaning into a spot of red light.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021
To Wilson, he said, ‘‘If you’re both O.K. with it, slide your right hand downstage over the left trapezius, basically coming up to the back of his neck.’’
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Martin is standing downstage left, telling a story to Abby and using lots of twitchy gestures.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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