STAGE LOCATIONS & BLOCKING NOTATIONS

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STAGE LOCATIONS:

UR = Up Right           UC = Up Center             UL = Up Left

R = Center Right          C = Center         CL = Center Left

  DR = Down Right        DC = Down Center       DL = Down Left

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Upstage

 UR                    UC                    UL

  CR                      C                      CL  

DR                     DC                    DL

  Downstage

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Audience

BLOCKING NOTATIONS:  

(These are only suggested, short-hand notations of conventional abbreviations. Use at your own discretion.)

X = cross,      / = at, to, of, from,      U = Up,      D = Down,     

R = Right,     L = Left,     E = Enter,      EX = Exit,

↓ = Sit,      S↑ = Stand.     Write arrows:  à  to connect notations to the line it regards.

EXAMPLES:

1.  Enter from Up Right, cross to Center Stage, to a mark right of the sofa: E/UR, XC/R/sofa    

2.  Cross to Up Left and Exit: XUL/EX     

3.  Enter from Up Left, cross to Down Right to a mark left of the pole: E/UL, X/DR/L pole.

4.  Cross to Up Center to a mark down from the bar: X/UC/D/bar