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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
raked house
Apron
cold reading
House lights
2. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
levels
fourth wall
Cyclorama (cyc)
3. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Backstage
theme
cue
break character
4. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Apron
teaser
Cue-to-Cue
cue
5. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Apron
Antagonist
royalty
Cue-to-Cue
6. Actor's lounge backstage
greenroom
run through
script
house
7. 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
Arena Theater
run
set
8. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
cut
trap
set
spotlight
9. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
walk on
Dry tech
levels
Cue-to-Cue
10. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
dark
cover
cross
take stage
11. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
set piece
Blackout
pick up cues
tryouts
12. Area between the stage and first row of seats
Fresnel
mask
pit (orchestra pit)
Fresnel
13. Foundation color used for stage make up
business
pantomime
stage directions
base
14. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
prompt book
Fresnel
batten
callback
15. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
theme
theme
prompt book
project
16. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
scoop
business
Arena Theater
greenroom
17. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
quick study
trap
base
Backdrop
18. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
timing
Antagonist
thrust stage
pick up cues
19. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
raked house
Articulation
soliloquy
Arena Theater
20. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
tryouts
countercross
set piece
wings
21. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Apron
cross
dimmers
base
22. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
scoop
quick study
Dress the stage
23. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
project
fly rail
scoop
timing
24. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
properties (props)
project
callback
raked house
25. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
business
dimmers
Dress the stage
26. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Aside
script
raked house
batten
27. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
scoop
Geletin (gel)
Backdrop
script
28. 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
wings
run through
soliloquy
quick study
29. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
fourth wall
exit
protagonist
Arena Theater
30. Main character that opposes the protagonist
spotlight
Geletin (gel)
critique
Antagonist
31. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
understudy
Backstage
cover
32. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
project
cross
Backdrop
pit (orchestra pit)
33. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
cue
exit
Flat
trap
34. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
cover
trap
mask
Flexible theater
35. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Articulation
give
pantomime
Geletin (gel)
36. Evaluations and suggestions
places
cheat
critique
Dry tech
37. Length of stage engagement for a performance
run
royalty
trap
base
38. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Cue-to-Cue
holding for laughs
soliloquy
Backstage
39. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
strike
Apron
cut
fourth wall
40. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
places
scrim
dimmers
41. 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
work lights
strike
trap
soliloquy
42. 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
Dress the stage
places
Aesthetics
work lights
43. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
greenroom
Flexible theater
stealing the scene
grip (techie)
44. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
run
Geletin (gel)
take stage
quick study
45. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
Backstage
stage manager
grip (techie)
properties (props)
46. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
house
Antagonist
prompt book
47. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
fourth wall
plot
stage directions
topping
48. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
exit
project
Blackout
cover
49. Main character that opposes the protagonist
motivate
cold reading
Antagonist
fly rail
50. Unit to control the intensity of lights
scoop
shift
dimmers
Blackout