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Actors Workshop Vocab
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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. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
cover
set
proscenium
pick up cues
2. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
scrim
spotlight
greenroom
shift
3. Center attention on OR center light beam on
teaser
house
Geletin (gel)
focus
4. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
Antagonist
protagonist
House lights
tryouts
5. Change scenery
shift
project
scrim
timing
6. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
Geletin (gel)
prompt book
cold reading
plot
7. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
countercross
places
teaser
pantomime
8. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Articulation
wings
Apron
plot
9. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
work lights
Fresnel
House lights
set piece
10. Directors planned movement for the characters
shift
pick up cues
stealing the scene
blocking
11. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
cut
Cyclorama (cyc)
house
teaser
12. 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
plot
stage directions
Arena Theater
dark
13. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
cut
cold reading
holding for laughs
motivate
14. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Arena Theater
scoop
work lights
work lights
15. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
levels
set
floodlights
Flexible theater
16. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
properties (props)
Articulation
places
Flexible theater
17. Auditions for parts in a play
protagonist
work lights
tryouts
stage manager
18. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
theme
places
properties (props)
script
19. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
greenroom
quick study
soliloquy
Fresnel
20. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
cross
floodlights
holding for laughs
Aesthetics
21. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
cue
raked house
scoop
Articulation
22. Auditions for parts in a play
Flat
take stage
House lights
tryouts
23. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
Aesthetics
give
Articulation
24. Actor's lounge backstage
stage directions
pit (orchestra pit)
greenroom
shift
25. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Dry tech
properties (props)
wings
Aside
26. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
break character
stealing the scene
stage manager
Ad-lib
27. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
handprops
color blind casting
proscenium
protagonist
28. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
tryouts
set
exit
Open up
29. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
tryouts
Flat
Open up
30. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
fly rail
Dry tech
focus
gesture
31. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
color blind casting
cheat
handprops
grip (techie)
32. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
proscenium
break character
topping
Dress the stage
33. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
callback
proscenium
dark
blocking
34. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
greenroom
cover
walk on
Articulation
35. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
Dry tech
proscenium
share
critique
36. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
raked house
cold reading
Flexible theater
fly rail
37. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
royalty
grip (techie)
cue
38. To play toward the audience
exit
Cue-to-Cue
Open up
cover
39. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
fourth wall
gesture
script
soliloquy
40. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
set piece
grip (techie)
Fresnel
prompt book
41. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
greenroom
places
scoop
pick up cues
42. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
topping
stealing the scene
Cue-to-Cue
cold reading
43. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
understudy
dimmers
share
44. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
proscenium
trap
batten
45. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
mask
color blind casting
set piece
topping
46. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
stealing the scene
cue
holding for laughs
topping
47. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
understudy
shift
walk on
cold reading
48. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
House lights
floodlights
Blackout
Flexible theater
49. Area between the stage and first row of seats
trap
pit (orchestra pit)
wings
thrust stage
50. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
properties (props)
give
pantomime
Arena Theater