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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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1. To play toward the audience
blocking
Open up
set piece
stage manager
2. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
stage manager
Geletin (gel)
protagonist
Apron
3. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
Aside
fly rail
floodlights
script
4. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
quick study
focus
give
strike
5. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
critique
break character
wings
Flexible theater
6. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
cheat
places
script
scoop
7. To cover something from audience view
teaser
places
callback
mask
8. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
Aesthetics
break character
House lights
cheat
9. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
stealing the scene
stage manager
project
trap
10. 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
soliloquy
fly rail
holding for laughs
cheat
11. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
House lights
tryouts
Arena Theater
set piece
12. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
raked house
run through
Articulation
13. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
pantomime
Arena Theater
stage directions
pick up cues
14. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
blocking
break character
cover
business
15. Main character that opposes the protagonist
share
soliloquy
Antagonist
wings
16. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
give
floodlights
stage manager
17. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
set piece
wings
Backstage
understudy
18. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Aside
raked house
cross
set
19. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Aside
cue
spotlight
cross
20. Unit to control the intensity of lights
business
dimmers
thrust stage
Apron
21. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
project
Cue-to-Cue
Geletin (gel)
work lights
22. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
tryouts
Flexible theater
dimmers
floodlights
23. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
plot
cross
pantomime
royalty
24. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
Apron
countercross
work lights
callback
25. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
pit (orchestra pit)
grip (techie)
soliloquy
Ad-lib
26. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
cross
gesture
pick up cues
set piece
27. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
scoop
raked house
break character
prompt book
28. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
properties (props)
Dry tech
Fresnel
color blind casting
29. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
give
give
prompt book
thrust stage
30. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
spotlight
plot
color blind casting
raked house
31. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
theme
motivate
mask
countercross
32. To play toward the audience
thrust stage
Open up
teaser
dimmers
33. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
batten
pit (orchestra pit)
set piece
34. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
script
wings
cut
Backdrop
35. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
holding for laughs
project
soliloquy
Aesthetics
36. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
places
take stage
script
Dry tech
37. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
cold reading
set
teaser
38. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Arena Theater
blocking
royalty
Aside
39. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
trap
Arena Theater
set
run
40. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
Open up
House lights
dark
41. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
give
batten
Cue-to-Cue
dark
42. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
properties (props)
business
Backdrop
break character
43. Rehearse scene without interruption
cross
run
run through
Ad-lib
44. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
cheat
run
business
Backstage
45. Rehearse scene without interruption
shift
run through
royalty
pantomime
46. Center attention on OR center light beam on
royalty
script
focus
scoop
47. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
understudy
motivate
strike
grip (techie)
48. Auditions for parts in a play
tryouts
proscenium
gesture
strike
49. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
holding for laughs
Ad-lib
protagonist
Arena Theater
50. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
tryouts
scrim
take stage
batten