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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
teaser
holding for laughs
cheat
tryouts
2. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Fresnel
Geletin (gel)
Arena Theater
theme
3. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
proscenium
script
business
spotlight
4. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
gesture
work lights
proscenium
Backstage
5. Area between the stage and first row of seats
countercross
pit (orchestra pit)
business
Aesthetics
6. 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
proscenium
Geletin (gel)
soliloquy
timing
7. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
mask
work lights
break character
Geletin (gel)
8. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
levels
share
timing
Cue-to-Cue
9. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Flat
break character
prompt book
set piece
10. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
cover
strike
gesture
Cyclorama (cyc)
11. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
teaser
Flexible theater
Open up
cheat
12. Foundation color used for stage make up
set
grip (techie)
pantomime
base
13. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Flat
floodlights
Blackout
Antagonist
14. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
Flat
fourth wall
callback
fly rail
15. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
topping
exit
house
Antagonist
16. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
grip (techie)
royalty
pantomime
run
17. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
script
teaser
Arena Theater
Arena Theater
18. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
handprops
Antagonist
mask
theme
19. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
Open up
cut
protagonist
motivate
20. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Apron
cue
business
mask
21. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
prompt book
stage directions
protagonist
callback
22. Change scenery
prompt book
thrust stage
places
shift
23. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
grip (techie)
Cue-to-Cue
royalty
stage manager
24. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
floodlights
quick study
give
walk on
25. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
prompt book
stealing the scene
thrust stage
business
26. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
motivate
strike
fly rail
27. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
give
Apron
callback
spotlight
28. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
proscenium
Aside
cold reading
Backdrop
29. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
Arena Theater
fly rail
cold reading
take stage
30. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Flat
Dress the stage
Cyclorama (cyc)
levels
31. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cue
grip (techie)
business
scrim
32. Main character that opposes the protagonist
walk on
Antagonist
cover
stage directions
33. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
floodlights
cover
topping
proscenium
34. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
Arena Theater
Dress the stage
callback
share
35. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
Arena Theater
scrim
quick study
places
36. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
pantomime
motivate
cross
Aesthetics
37. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
cut
Arena Theater
motivate
greenroom
38. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
cross
properties (props)
places
Blackout
39. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
holding for laughs
project
Aesthetics
plot
40. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
fly rail
mask
Articulation
Cue-to-Cue
41. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
Articulation
house
Aside
42. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
greenroom
wings
project
grip (techie)
43. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
shift
Dress the stage
base
cross
44. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Geletin (gel)
Antagonist
tryouts
cover
45. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
shift
cross
wings
raked house
46. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
critique
Blackout
strike
47. Length of stage engagement for a performance
proscenium
run
work lights
stealing the scene
48. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
Flat
break character
cold reading
cut
49. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
thrust stage
greenroom
take stage
teaser
50. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Ad-lib
cover
base
cross