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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
soliloquy
Flexible theater
house
set piece
2. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Cyclorama (cyc)
mask
cue
Dry tech
3. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
walk on
grip (techie)
work lights
Geletin (gel)
4. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
pantomime
run through
trap
pit (orchestra pit)
5. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
set piece
protagonist
pit (orchestra pit)
6. Center attention on OR center light beam on
gesture
focus
Backdrop
Ad-lib
7. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
royalty
Dry tech
scrim
handprops
8. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
royalty
Fresnel
Backdrop
run
9. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
plot
fly rail
stealing the scene
tryouts
10. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
places
strike
raked house
11. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
fourth wall
Apron
stage manager
fly rail
12. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
prompt book
teaser
Open up
13. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Ad-lib
stage directions
cross
give
14. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
thrust stage
business
floodlights
Aesthetics
15. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Arena Theater
Cue-to-Cue
pit (orchestra pit)
protagonist
16. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
wings
teaser
Flat
mask
17. Indications to the director and actors about carious aspects of the play - including information on characters - how a play should proceed - how a play should look - and the mood or effects of a play
dimmers
run through
share
stage directions
18. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
base
cheat
critique
Antagonist
19. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
pantomime
business
trap
mask
20. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
Flexible theater
share
Cue-to-Cue
21. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
theme
cold reading
understudy
project
22. Of or pertaining to the criticism of taste and the sense of the beautiful. Use of design principles and elements such as form - line - unity - variety and emphasis to create a pleasing work of art
Ad-lib
exit
give
Aesthetics
23. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
teaser
work lights
Cue-to-Cue
pantomime
24. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
trap
project
Cue-to-Cue
soliloquy
25. Directors planned movement for the characters
work lights
blocking
scoop
cold reading
26. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
gesture
thrust stage
Aesthetics
strike
27. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
pick up cues
tryouts
fourth wall
gesture
28. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
levels
spotlight
countercross
topping
29. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
stage directions
scoop
business
cross
30. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
gesture
cheat
Apron
stage directions
31. Foundation color used for stage make up
stealing the scene
base
fly rail
Open up
32. Rehearse scene without interruption
project
Fresnel
share
run through
33. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
strike
cheat
Cyclorama (cyc)
set piece
34. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
scoop
countercross
break character
raked house
35. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
cross
properties (props)
focus
dark
36. Main character that opposes the protagonist
timing
Antagonist
teaser
floodlights
37. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
stealing the scene
callback
Arena Theater
places
38. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
take stage
Blackout
Arena Theater
timing
39. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
break character
holding for laughs
cold reading
pit (orchestra pit)
40. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
critique
Apron
break character
wings
41. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
pick up cues
timing
Dress the stage
Articulation
42. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
handprops
work lights
levels
focus
43. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
color blind casting
properties (props)
proscenium
walk on
44. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
shift
tryouts
holding for laughs
batten
45. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
raked house
pit (orchestra pit)
walk on
Geletin (gel)
46. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
Geletin (gel)
Articulation
theme
fly rail
47. Length of stage engagement for a performance
theme
Aside
run
tryouts
48. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Flexible theater
batten
floodlights
Dress the stage
49. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
royalty
countercross
motivate
50. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
exit
Flat
Cyclorama (cyc)
soliloquy