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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. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
thrust stage
grip (techie)
scrim
Ad-lib
2. 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
share
prompt book
levels
stage directions
3. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
prompt book
gesture
scrim
quick study
4. Actor's lounge backstage
Geletin (gel)
greenroom
cover
walk on
5. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Antagonist
strike
blocking
cross
6. One who can memorize a part rapidly
pick up cues
quick study
proscenium
gesture
7. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
countercross
Apron
theme
cold reading
8. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Flexible theater
set piece
Backdrop
Open up
9. To play toward the audience
Open up
pit (orchestra pit)
base
places
10. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
properties (props)
share
cut
break character
11. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
thrust stage
cheat
share
12. To cover something from audience view
properties (props)
run
exit
mask
13. Directors planned movement for the characters
handprops
blocking
trap
set
14. Foundation color used for stage make up
base
critique
walk on
Aside
15. 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
gesture
give
focus
soliloquy
16. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Aesthetics
Fresnel
cold reading
plot
17. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
scrim
exit
thrust stage
cut
18. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
greenroom
cut
run through
19. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
motivate
scrim
countercross
Apron
20. Directors planned movement for the characters
stage directions
scoop
places
blocking
21. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
exit
business
Open up
scoop
22. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
teaser
protagonist
project
places
23. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
take stage
Antagonist
grip (techie)
scrim
24. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
trap
gesture
give
project
25. 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
Backdrop
stealing the scene
mask
soliloquy
26. Center attention on OR center light beam on
Open up
walk on
focus
Aside
27. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
house
properties (props)
Apron
set piece
28. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Arena Theater
walk on
blocking
properties (props)
29. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
theme
Aesthetics
plot
cover
30. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
Cue-to-Cue
cue
project
31. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Aside
house
thrust stage
cross
32. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Backdrop
strike
grip (techie)
Flexible theater
33. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
timing
color blind casting
handprops
Aside
34. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
Flexible theater
walk on
soliloquy
countercross
35. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
take stage
project
wings
color blind casting
36. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
cross
mask
give
wings
37. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
thrust stage
royalty
cut
Dry tech
38. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
scrim
Backstage
set piece
39. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
handprops
run through
theme
proscenium
40. Length of stage engagement for a performance
run
Articulation
Antagonist
Cyclorama (cyc)
41. Auditions for parts in a play
dimmers
protagonist
dimmers
tryouts
42. Rehearse scene without interruption
properties (props)
pantomime
Backstage
run through
43. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
cue
gesture
fourth wall
focus
44. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
Open up
batten
fourth wall
shift
45. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
spotlight
Blackout
teaser
46. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
scoop
Ad-lib
stealing the scene
strike
47. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
holding for laughs
set
quick study
Geletin (gel)
48. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
spotlight
trap
run
strike
49. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
theme
teaser
Blackout
floodlights
50. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
pantomime
Cyclorama (cyc)
topping
cold reading