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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. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
run
tryouts
floodlights
trap
2. Auditions for parts in a play
proscenium
batten
tryouts
Backdrop
3. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
script
run through
stealing the scene
cross
4. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
quick study
holding for laughs
Geletin (gel)
5. Area between the stage and first row of seats
Backdrop
floodlights
plot
pit (orchestra pit)
6. Evaluations and suggestions
break character
take stage
raked house
critique
7. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
Arena Theater
Articulation
batten
Flexible theater
8. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
House lights
Apron
blocking
9. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
House lights
Cyclorama (cyc)
timing
Aside
10. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
Geletin (gel)
give
Blackout
house
11. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
gesture
stage directions
fly rail
timing
12. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Flexible theater
set
Arena Theater
color blind casting
13. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
levels
royalty
spotlight
Dress the stage
14. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
exit
break character
focus
stage directions
15. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
tryouts
script
theme
trap
16. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
cross
work lights
Cue-to-Cue
royalty
17. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
work lights
script
understudy
Articulation
18. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
protagonist
Dry tech
stealing the scene
Blackout
19. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
stealing the scene
Aside
cross
Cue-to-Cue
20. Actor's lounge backstage
quick study
greenroom
scrim
scoop
21. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
cheat
Flexible theater
wings
motivate
22. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Cyclorama (cyc)
project
Dress the stage
fourth wall
23. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
cut
trap
stage manager
grip (techie)
24. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Blackout
project
greenroom
countercross
25. One who can memorize a part rapidly
understudy
quick study
Arena Theater
Backdrop
26. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
Flexible theater
scrim
thrust stage
stage manager
27. To play toward the audience
teaser
House lights
break character
Open up
28. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
set piece
Dry tech
scoop
Backdrop
29. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
scrim
raked house
trap
strike
30. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
color blind casting
exit
exit
31. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
scrim
understudy
Ad-lib
places
32. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
Cue-to-Cue
soliloquy
stealing the scene
cue
33. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
cold reading
pit (orchestra pit)
Flat
teaser
34. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Aesthetics
Flexible theater
project
House lights
35. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
give
pit (orchestra pit)
set
36. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
Open up
stealing the scene
critique
script
37. 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
Cyclorama (cyc)
Arena Theater
gesture
38. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
Cyclorama (cyc)
tryouts
floodlights
39. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
properties (props)
fly rail
teaser
cut
40. Foundation color used for stage make up
theme
project
properties (props)
base
41. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
Arena Theater
stage manager
levels
house
42. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
script
pick up cues
set piece
topping
43. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
countercross
Flat
Flat
Backstage
44. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
dimmers
Blackout
Backstage
set piece
45. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
floodlights
break character
Aside
cheat
46. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
cut
Flat
proscenium
motivate
47. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Cyclorama (cyc)
pantomime
focus
Aside
48. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
floodlights
handprops
pantomime
run through
49. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
Backstage
royalty
Antagonist
stealing the scene
50. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
Flexible theater
proscenium
strike
scoop