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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Auditions for parts in a play
share
strike
tryouts
protagonist
2. To cover something from audience view
dimmers
raked house
mask
countercross
3. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
Antagonist
proscenium
holding for laughs
cut
4. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
business
Cyclorama (cyc)
base
motivate
5. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
set piece
scoop
countercross
House lights
6. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Antagonist
Dry tech
color blind casting
Flat
7. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
dark
trap
cover
greenroom
8. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
break character
soliloquy
Blackout
cut
9. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
dark
countercross
Apron
10. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
raked house
grip (techie)
floodlights
business
11. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
stage directions
Dry tech
places
set piece
12. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
cue
Aside
properties (props)
13. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
set piece
Cyclorama (cyc)
Open up
stage manager
14. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
script
cheat
business
break character
15. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
Ad-lib
share
wings
house
16. One who can memorize a part rapidly
color blind casting
dimmers
quick study
break character
17. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
levels
topping
Blackout
business
18. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Fresnel
Apron
Blackout
theme
19. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
pick up cues
give
Cyclorama (cyc)
theme
20. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
set
Fresnel
project
fly rail
21. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
raked house
handprops
base
fourth wall
22. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
theme
critique
proscenium
23. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
cold reading
timing
give
Flexible theater
24. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
understudy
House lights
stealing the scene
cue
25. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
pick up cues
prompt book
script
Flat
26. Long speech given by a character when they are alone on stage to show their thoughts or to explain the plot; used frequently by Shakespeare
tryouts
spotlight
blocking
soliloquy
27. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
stage manager
house
thrust stage
places
28. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
thrust stage
cheat
run
break character
29. Rehearse scene without interruption
run through
script
Open up
critique
30. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
break character
prompt book
fly rail
holding for laughs
31. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Flexible theater
pit (orchestra pit)
scoop
Dress the stage
32. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
set
holding for laughs
color blind casting
quick study
33. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
scrim
theme
Geletin (gel)
callback
34. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
greenroom
take stage
work lights
Aside
35. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
grip (techie)
motivate
pit (orchestra pit)
script
36. To play toward the audience
royalty
Flexible theater
Open up
holding for laughs
37. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
stealing the scene
break character
cheat
38. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
tryouts
Backstage
proscenium
raked house
39. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
run through
scrim
base
dimmers
40. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
run
plot
Flat
run through
41. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
cold reading
motivate
trap
Open up
42. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
understudy
stealing the scene
Aesthetics
Geletin (gel)
43. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
Antagonist
mask
Flat
44. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
blocking
script
cut
Flat
45. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
tryouts
stage directions
cold reading
Flexible theater
46. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
places
cover
Geletin (gel)
color blind casting
47. Seating in the auditorium
color blind casting
house
critique
business
48. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
greenroom
Blackout
Open up
49. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
soliloquy
cheat
Arena Theater
50. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Ad-lib
timing
callback
Arena Theater