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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. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cover
mask
Aesthetics
cross
2. Length of stage engagement for a performance
run
cover
quick study
cut
3. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
protagonist
scoop
dark
holding for laughs
4. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Backdrop
Antagonist
Blackout
cold reading
5. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
project
spotlight
handprops
blocking
6. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
Arena Theater
handprops
House lights
Flat
7. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Blackout
Dress the stage
holding for laughs
handprops
8. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
set piece
levels
Ad-lib
Fresnel
9. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
exit
countercross
levels
teaser
10. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
script
base
batten
fly rail
11. 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
run
soliloquy
trap
spotlight
12. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
levels
stealing the scene
Arena Theater
proscenium
13. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
stage manager
share
proscenium
pit (orchestra pit)
14. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
run through
Antagonist
Backdrop
pit (orchestra pit)
15. Change scenery
Geletin (gel)
shift
Flexible theater
cue
16. Unit to control the intensity of lights
dimmers
house
cover
Backdrop
17. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
Backstage
critique
work lights
share
18. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Fresnel
timing
Aesthetics
Antagonist
19. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
color blind casting
pick up cues
royalty
scoop
20. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
theme
callback
project
handprops
21. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
work lights
Cue-to-Cue
set
run
22. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
greenroom
take stage
Dress the stage
23. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
Ad-lib
color blind casting
run through
run
24. To play toward the audience
Flexible theater
places
Open up
scrim
25. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
prompt book
color blind casting
theme
share
26. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
Fresnel
take stage
Flexible theater
Articulation
27. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
timing
base
fourth wall
stage directions
28. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
fourth wall
dark
base
29. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
plot
scrim
business
30. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
cover
Dress the stage
stealing the scene
script
31. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Arena Theater
timing
raked house
exit
32. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
Articulation
cross
Geletin (gel)
break character
33. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
royalty
Aside
Fresnel
spotlight
34. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
Dry tech
understudy
focus
batten
35. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Apron
base
dimmers
wings
36. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
Articulation
work lights
give
Open up
37. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
batten
stage manager
walk on
prompt book
38. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
business
Dress the stage
greenroom
Flat
39. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
grip (techie)
quick study
blocking
properties (props)
40. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
prompt book
Arena Theater
set
tryouts
41. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
color blind casting
prompt book
floodlights
blocking
42. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
business
walk on
proscenium
set
43. 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
Aesthetics
cover
dark
Cue-to-Cue
44. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
cover
protagonist
walk on
45. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
royalty
cut
prompt book
run through
46. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
stealing the scene
Aside
Apron
47. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
scrim
project
Geletin (gel)
48. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
spotlight
base
critique
Open up
49. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
set piece
Aside
pick up cues
pantomime
50. Evaluations and suggestions
give
cross
critique
protagonist