[
US
/ˈdaʊnˌsteɪdʒ/
]
[ UK /dˈaʊnsteɪdʒ/ ]
[ UK /dˈaʊnsteɪdʒ/ ]
ADVERB
-
at or toward the front of the stage
the actors moved further and further downstage
ADJECTIVE
- of the front half of a stage
NOUN
- the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)
How To Use downstage In A Sentence
- Dancers popped and rocked downstage; two in-line skaters rocketed back and forth on the ramp, creating a dynamic backdrop.
- The downstage scene is depicted as a common ground where the actors interact and live out there lives outside of the privacy of their own homes.
- `The Bishop's moving downstage coruscating like a Christmas tree! ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
- A life-size living room contrasts nicely with a miniature house, a full-size segment of a ship downstage with the entire ship in miniature upstage.
- We get two major flashbacks while he freezes on a small platform downstage left.
- `The Bishop's moving downstage coruscating like a Christmas tree! ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
- Kit Conner enters upstage left and crosses to downstage right and sits down on the table with feet on chair.
- The Thai performers are experienced troupers who know how to lip-sync to Chinese songs and they would go downstage to mingle with the audience, such as sitting down on the laps of the male audience members.
- The set of her head at downstage left and the slight angle of the jaw conveyed queenliness and deadly resolve.
- Fine when you were jumping downstage, but not so good when jumping upstage!
