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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. Evaluations and suggestions
critique
focus
grip (techie)
gesture
2. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
fly rail
shift
stage directions
callback
3. To play toward the audience
floodlights
stage directions
color blind casting
Open up
4. Auditions for parts in a play
countercross
protagonist
tryouts
levels
5. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
royalty
prompt book
cover
6. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
theme
cut
dark
Aside
7. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
levels
prompt book
floodlights
scoop
8. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
Fresnel
Ad-lib
wings
pick up cues
9. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
run
Flexible theater
theme
Cyclorama (cyc)
10. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
proscenium
exit
mask
motivate
11. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
critique
Open up
stealing the scene
gesture
12. Main character that opposes the protagonist
tryouts
Cyclorama (cyc)
House lights
Antagonist
13. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
cold reading
pantomime
Open up
theme
14. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Aesthetics
Geletin (gel)
grip (techie)
Antagonist
15. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
motivate
run through
cue
share
16. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
stealing the scene
Cyclorama (cyc)
work lights
properties (props)
17. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
cut
mask
quick study
batten
18. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
walk on
house
spotlight
fourth wall
19. One who can memorize a part rapidly
Aesthetics
color blind casting
quick study
cold reading
20. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Apron
topping
Geletin (gel)
stage directions
21. 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
prompt book
Aesthetics
soliloquy
cut
22. Directors planned movement for the characters
blocking
cut
scrim
Geletin (gel)
23. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
set
holding for laughs
cut
24. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
house
give
work lights
Backdrop
25. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
cheat
share
dimmers
26. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
cheat
Cyclorama (cyc)
places
project
27. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
gesture
Cue-to-Cue
protagonist
tryouts
28. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
fourth wall
scoop
script
cut
29. 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
work lights
prompt book
Articulation
stage directions
30. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
prompt book
cut
timing
pick up cues
31. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Dress the stage
callback
Aesthetics
project
32. Foundation color used for stage make up
base
strike
cold reading
wings
33. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
pick up cues
places
fly rail
run
34. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
scoop
grip (techie)
pantomime
places
35. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
properties (props)
stage manager
fourth wall
36. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
set piece
run
greenroom
Dry tech
37. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
take stage
pantomime
fourth wall
floodlights
38. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
blocking
cold reading
handprops
places
39. Directors planned movement for the characters
pit (orchestra pit)
cover
blocking
Antagonist
40. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
give
quick study
protagonist
41. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
teaser
Antagonist
handprops
spotlight
42. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
run
Blackout
motivate
timing
43. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
Arena Theater
places
callback
Dress the stage
44. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
trap
holding for laughs
timing
topping
45. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
theme
batten
focus
critique
46. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
trap
run
handprops
House lights
47. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cue
Ad-lib
dimmers
take stage
48. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
cheat
understudy
Dress the stage
countercross
49. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
callback
dark
set
Apron
50. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
topping
Blackout
Backdrop
Ad-lib