backstage

Adjective

• concealed from public view or attention
  • offstage political meetings
    

Adverb

• in or to a backstage area of a theater
  • costumes were changed backstage
    

• out of view of the public; behind the scenes
  • Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal
    
  • many private deals were made backstage at the convention
    

Noun

• a stage area out of sight of the audience

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  offstage , wing