Question: how to set a stage for a play

title: Staging (theatre, film, television)
text: While from a critical standpoint , `` staging '' can refer to the spectacle that a play presents in performance , the term is also frequently used interchangeably with the term `` blocking '' , referring to how the performers are placed and moved around the stage . Many audience members may believe that performers move spontaneously on the stage , but blocking / staging is rarely spontaneous . Major points of blocking are often set down by the playwright , but blocking is usually done by the director , sometimes in collaboration with performers and designers . In the modern theater , there are purely mechanical reasons why blocking is crucial . Stage lighting is focused on specific parts of the stage at specific moments , and the performer must be sure to be on his or her `` mark '' or `` spike '' or they may not be well lit . Blocking also ensures that the stage picture gives the proper focus to the proper places , and that transitions occur smoothly . This becomes even more crucial as modern stage technology allows for ever more elaborate special effects .