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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
proscenium
walk on
fourth wall
2. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
Ad-lib
fourth wall
trap
Dry tech
3. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Backstage
run through
Arena Theater
base
4. Unit to control the intensity of lights
handprops
pantomime
dimmers
Cyclorama (cyc)
5. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
handprops
spotlight
work lights
topping
6. Actor's lounge backstage
cue
cheat
greenroom
teaser
7. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
mask
exit
floodlights
prompt book
8. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Arena Theater
Flat
Blackout
dark
9. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
pantomime
cross
exit
cheat
10. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
stage directions
strike
shift
Flexible theater
11. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
scoop
Ad-lib
mask
holding for laughs
12. To play toward the audience
stealing the scene
fourth wall
Backdrop
Open up
13. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Flexible theater
set
pantomime
tryouts
14. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
proscenium
timing
Blackout
Flexible theater
15. Rehearse scene without interruption
proscenium
House lights
run through
pantomime
16. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
levels
raked house
dimmers
17. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
handprops
work lights
quick study
cross
18. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
dark
blocking
Aesthetics
set
19. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
properties (props)
share
Aside
walk on
20. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
trap
royalty
color blind casting
21. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
properties (props)
thrust stage
Flat
cover
22. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
pit (orchestra pit)
break character
focus
23. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
give
stealing the scene
set piece
Open up
24. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
focus
project
take stage
Open up
25. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
Dress the stage
fly rail
Aesthetics
26. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
teaser
fourth wall
protagonist
Apron
27. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
wings
focus
prompt book
business
28. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
holding for laughs
handprops
cold reading
levels
29. Rehearse scene without interruption
properties (props)
run through
handprops
grip (techie)
30. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
fourth wall
countercross
stage directions
Dry tech
31. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
Open up
callback
batten
holding for laughs
32. Change scenery
stage manager
business
teaser
shift
33. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
Dress the stage
dark
Flat
fourth wall
34. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
Cyclorama (cyc)
cheat
script
stage directions
35. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
set piece
Dry tech
levels
Dress the stage
36. Main character that opposes the protagonist
shift
trap
stage manager
Antagonist
37. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
fly rail
Articulation
Backdrop
stealing the scene
38. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
business
Aside
exit
pick up cues
39. To play toward the audience
Open up
callback
places
Geletin (gel)
40. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
raked house
set
wings
timing
41. Unit to control the intensity of lights
dimmers
Cue-to-Cue
Aside
Open up
42. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
holding for laughs
House lights
Blackout
color blind casting
43. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
grip (techie)
spotlight
dark
understudy
44. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
timing
Arena Theater
wings
cue
45. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
pit (orchestra pit)
mask
countercross
run through
46. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
levels
Ad-lib
cover
47. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
Apron
Aside
levels
tryouts
48. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
strike
Dress the stage
gesture
royalty
49. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
scrim
holding for laughs
critique
Arena Theater
50. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
dark
gesture
set piece
Antagonist