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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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1. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
soliloquy
batten
grip (techie)
set
2. Unit to control the intensity of lights
Aesthetics
dimmers
Apron
share
3. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
Dress the stage
set piece
protagonist
run through
4. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
raked house
Aesthetics
blocking
5. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
thrust stage
understudy
theme
pantomime
6. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Cue-to-Cue
teaser
project
Backdrop
7. To cover something from audience view
Aesthetics
mask
share
script
8. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
tryouts
project
mask
dark
9. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
plot
House lights
script
Aside
10. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
base
walk on
cheat
pantomime
11. Area between the stage and first row of seats
Fresnel
pit (orchestra pit)
Blackout
prompt book
12. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
set piece
spotlight
mask
13. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
pit (orchestra pit)
callback
pantomime
share
14. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
protagonist
teaser
project
strike
15. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
raked house
batten
Apron
cue
16. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
fly rail
thrust stage
Dress the stage
script
17. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Open up
Apron
Dress the stage
protagonist
18. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Backstage
cut
spotlight
break character
19. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
strike
take stage
Dry tech
20. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
batten
stealing the scene
Flexible theater
Arena Theater
21. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
motivate
understudy
project
22. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
timing
stage manager
Cyclorama (cyc)
cue
23. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
shift
pit (orchestra pit)
cross
color blind casting
24. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
cross
strike
Open up
floodlights
25. Area between the stage and first row of seats
motivate
pit (orchestra pit)
Fresnel
teaser
26. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
batten
Blackout
script
scrim
27. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
pantomime
places
Antagonist
stealing the scene
28. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
Cyclorama (cyc)
pick up cues
house
holding for laughs
29. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
holding for laughs
Arena Theater
house
30. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Dry tech
Open up
protagonist
cross
31. 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
run through
stage directions
tryouts
fly rail
32. Seating in the auditorium
Backstage
Open up
stage manager
house
33. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
Backstage
base
wings
dimmers
34. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
properties (props)
plot
focus
Apron
35. One who can memorize a part rapidly
cover
stage directions
quick study
greenroom
36. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
Open up
cover
focus
37. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
cue
Articulation
levels
project
38. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
timing
prompt book
cold reading
39. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
cue
pick up cues
Dry tech
Ad-lib
40. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
focus
Arena Theater
Backdrop
Backstage
41. Auditions for parts in a play
tryouts
shift
Ad-lib
Flat
42. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
House lights
cue
strike
Flexible theater
43. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
callback
thrust stage
Cue-to-Cue
44. Change scenery
Arena Theater
Aside
trap
shift
45. Length of stage engagement for a performance
Blackout
wings
cold reading
run
46. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
pick up cues
understudy
fourth wall
Flexible theater
47. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Aside
run
blocking
cue
48. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
dimmers
theme
pit (orchestra pit)
trap
49. 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
Backdrop
Antagonist
callback
soliloquy
50. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
Flat
Dry tech
motivate
script