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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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1. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
take stage
Articulation
strike
run
2. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
cross
color blind casting
prompt book
understudy
3. One who can memorize a part rapidly
work lights
quick study
Dress the stage
holding for laughs
4. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cross
quick study
raked house
Backdrop
5. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
wings
cheat
Arena Theater
timing
6. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
color blind casting
mask
Aesthetics
cue
7. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
timing
stage directions
color blind casting
8. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
Arena Theater
run through
break character
Backstage
9. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
motivate
levels
Backstage
Dry tech
10. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cue
spotlight
Ad-lib
prompt book
11. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
pantomime
take stage
shift
scoop
12. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
cold reading
run
countercross
Open up
13. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
project
mask
set piece
house
14. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
soliloquy
set piece
cue
15. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
tryouts
Flexible theater
wings
Aesthetics
16. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
set piece
dark
scrim
17. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
pick up cues
protagonist
Geletin (gel)
understudy
18. 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
stage directions
handprops
greenroom
Ad-lib
19. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
timing
set
House lights
plot
20. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
protagonist
Cue-to-Cue
Backstage
21. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
cut
Cue-to-Cue
wings
Dry tech
22. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
Aesthetics
set
understudy
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
motivate
House lights
soliloquy
scrim
24. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
script
proscenium
places
set
25. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
share
work lights
prompt book
motivate
26. Actor's lounge backstage
teaser
Aesthetics
greenroom
script
27. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
holding for laughs
theme
scoop
stealing the scene
28. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
break character
share
tryouts
pick up cues
29. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
Backdrop
work lights
floodlights
holding for laughs
30. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
stage directions
scoop
Flat
holding for laughs
31. Foundation color used for stage make up
base
callback
motivate
Dry tech
32. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
cut
plot
Geletin (gel)
Backdrop
33. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
callback
properties (props)
Antagonist
34. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
places
give
raked house
Geletin (gel)
35. Auditions for parts in a play
take stage
tryouts
cheat
house
36. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
places
motivate
Fresnel
wings
37. To play toward the audience
thrust stage
Open up
set
shift
38. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
quick study
Fresnel
understudy
critique
39. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
Flexible theater
Backstage
project
40. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
wings
share
fly rail
grip (techie)
41. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
Articulation
exit
Dry tech
scrim
42. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
Blackout
critique
project
spotlight
43. Auditions for parts in a play
exit
understudy
teaser
tryouts
44. Length of stage engagement for a performance
run
break character
stage manager
set
45. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
Blackout
give
topping
Dry tech
46. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
Geletin (gel)
fourth wall
dark
47. One who can memorize a part rapidly
gesture
quick study
cover
Geletin (gel)
48. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
scrim
set
thrust stage
greenroom
49. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
share
work lights
handprops
Flexible theater
50. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
Backstage
understudy
Aside
protagonist
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