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Actors Workshop Vocab
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Subject
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Center attention on OR center light beam on
plot
gesture
scoop
focus
2. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
Flexible theater
quick study
handprops
shift
3. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
critique
focus
Geletin (gel)
wings
4. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
raked house
stealing the scene
motivate
base
5. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
motivate
cue
cheat
greenroom
6. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
trap
proscenium
Backdrop
cross
7. Evaluations and suggestions
Blackout
critique
house
scrim
8. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
run through
countercross
mask
9. 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
proscenium
set
Dress the stage
stage directions
10. Actor's lounge backstage
critique
raked house
greenroom
teaser
11. 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
script
cross
Aesthetics
cheat
12. Auditions for parts in a play
House lights
tryouts
holding for laughs
Aesthetics
13. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Ad-lib
motivate
floodlights
project
14. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Cyclorama (cyc)
strike
Ad-lib
Geletin (gel)
15. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
greenroom
understudy
House lights
project
16. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
give
cue
Flat
tryouts
17. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
stealing the scene
understudy
theme
Arena Theater
18. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
topping
countercross
places
house
19. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
grip (techie)
give
understudy
scrim
20. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
motivate
grip (techie)
cut
prompt book
21. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
take stage
spotlight
Aside
Dry tech
22. Main character that opposes the protagonist
walk on
Antagonist
stage manager
share
23. 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
take stage
places
callback
24. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
cross
Antagonist
Backstage
gesture
25. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
teaser
stealing the scene
Dress the stage
Ad-lib
26. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Backdrop
grip (techie)
mask
Ad-lib
27. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
proscenium
House lights
quick study
holding for laughs
28. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
cover
cheat
script
Blackout
29. Actor's lounge backstage
royalty
greenroom
theme
stage manager
30. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
teaser
Dry tech
pick up cues
floodlights
31. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
Flat
properties (props)
Dry tech
set piece
32. Directors planned movement for the characters
blocking
stage directions
levels
callback
33. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
run through
cover
topping
critique
34. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
handprops
Fresnel
set
fourth wall
35. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
fly rail
color blind casting
Open up
36. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
run
proscenium
motivate
soliloquy
37. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
set piece
share
floodlights
scoop
38. To play toward the audience
Open up
thrust stage
holding for laughs
prompt book
39. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
share
House lights
mask
40. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
prompt book
stealing the scene
callback
thrust stage
41. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
color blind casting
Cyclorama (cyc)
Arena Theater
cut
42. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cross
cheat
levels
Backstage
43. Unit to control the intensity of lights
dimmers
Cyclorama (cyc)
grip (techie)
critique
44. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
cheat
topping
grip (techie)
Aesthetics
45. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
set piece
Articulation
protagonist
places
46. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Apron
protagonist
Dress the stage
Apron
47. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
callback
plot
base
topping
48. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
prompt book
Cue-to-Cue
Cue-to-Cue
work lights
49. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
script
fly rail
focus
Flat
50. To cover something from audience view
give
gesture
mask
raked house