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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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1. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Articulation
Cyclorama (cyc)
greenroom
understudy
2. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Cue-to-Cue
base
pantomime
cross
3. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
Ad-lib
project
House lights
tryouts
4. Foundation color used for stage make up
prompt book
base
Antagonist
business
5. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
wings
handprops
set
6. Length of stage engagement for a performance
fly rail
house
run
spotlight
7. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
plot
trap
walk on
prompt book
8. 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
royalty
cut
fly rail
stage directions
9. Center attention on OR center light beam on
House lights
business
focus
blocking
10. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
Dress the stage
topping
teaser
break character
11. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
thrust stage
pit (orchestra pit)
Blackout
pantomime
12. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
critique
understudy
Geletin (gel)
soliloquy
13. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
scoop
teaser
House lights
countercross
14. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
levels
house
business
fly rail
15. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
timing
batten
cheat
break character
16. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
soliloquy
places
Fresnel
floodlights
17. Auditions for parts in a play
grip (techie)
tryouts
dark
thrust stage
18. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Flexible theater
Blackout
dark
quick study
19. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
pantomime
Open up
proscenium
quick study
20. To cover something from audience view
dark
mask
motivate
dark
21. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
fly rail
color blind casting
soliloquy
cold reading
22. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
Geletin (gel)
set piece
share
23. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
fly rail
fourth wall
Dry tech
scoop
24. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
run through
walk on
work lights
gesture
25. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
timing
House lights
Geletin (gel)
26. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
fly rail
strike
run
royalty
27. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
dimmers
base
dark
script
28. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
levels
dark
soliloquy
run
29. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
timing
mask
Aside
script
30. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
scrim
set
Geletin (gel)
shift
31. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
handprops
run through
mask
32. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
blocking
set
Aside
cue
33. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
protagonist
trap
greenroom
prompt book
34. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
pantomime
blocking
strike
Dry tech
35. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
countercross
plot
set piece
Apron
36. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
pantomime
handprops
proscenium
motivate
37. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
color blind casting
Flat
raked house
levels
38. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Ad-lib
focus
cover
cut
39. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
soliloquy
thrust stage
script
40. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
Backstage
holding for laughs
thrust stage
set piece
41. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
holding for laughs
places
levels
run
42. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
callback
floodlights
prompt book
house
43. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
tryouts
scrim
prompt book
Dry tech
44. Rehearse scene without interruption
set piece
soliloquy
run through
take stage
45. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
color blind casting
stage directions
strike
Antagonist
46. Seating in the auditorium
cold reading
critique
callback
house
47. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
Flexible theater
stage manager
stage directions
share
48. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
focus
Geletin (gel)
callback
cut
49. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
thrust stage
pick up cues
scoop
50. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
Antagonist
trap
Aesthetics
callback
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