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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. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
gesture
cross
Backstage
2. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Flexible theater
focus
House lights
cue
3. 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
proscenium
share
run
4. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
teaser
cold reading
trap
5. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
script
break character
Dress the stage
Aesthetics
6. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
take stage
stealing the scene
cold reading
Flexible theater
7. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
topping
scrim
cover
8. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
tryouts
share
Antagonist
cross
9. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
Ad-lib
gesture
Fresnel
cold reading
10. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
Backstage
wings
dark
cut
11. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
blocking
Flat
business
strike
12. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Cyclorama (cyc)
walk on
prompt book
levels
13. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
House lights
blocking
break character
timing
14. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
Blackout
places
pit (orchestra pit)
proscenium
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
pick up cues
soliloquy
mask
work lights
16. To cover something from audience view
mask
scoop
levels
protagonist
17. Area between the stage and first row of seats
timing
holding for laughs
pit (orchestra pit)
Backdrop
18. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
spotlight
fourth wall
focus
stage directions
19. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
Fresnel
prompt book
scoop
thrust stage
20. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
cold reading
prompt book
stealing the scene
Cue-to-Cue
21. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
plot
Flexible theater
royalty
gesture
22. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
trap
cold reading
dark
walk on
23. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
cheat
levels
House lights
handprops
24. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
prompt book
project
gesture
Aesthetics
25. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
gesture
Aesthetics
plot
stage manager
26. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
walk on
teaser
take stage
raked house
27. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
mask
Fresnel
grip (techie)
properties (props)
28. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
properties (props)
royalty
countercross
wings
29. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
proscenium
walk on
Ad-lib
blocking
30. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
raked house
walk on
levels
31. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
walk on
work lights
cross
wings
32. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
Antagonist
Dry tech
cheat
tryouts
33. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
House lights
stage directions
blocking
34. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
dimmers
prompt book
dark
Arena Theater
35. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
Open up
script
base
36. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
Antagonist
shift
topping
stage manager
37. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Apron
Cue-to-Cue
shift
handprops
38. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
quick study
dimmers
break character
Aside
39. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
scoop
theme
gesture
40. 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
tryouts
Apron
cheat
soliloquy
41. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
trap
Fresnel
share
42. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
gesture
protagonist
Backdrop
prompt book
43. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Antagonist
trap
cover
Antagonist
44. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
topping
wings
callback
45. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
break character
blocking
cue
understudy
46. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
spotlight
cover
theme
handprops
47. Auditions for parts in a play
handprops
exit
tryouts
set piece
48. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
base
countercross
focus
critique
49. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Aesthetics
Cyclorama (cyc)
pit (orchestra pit)
exit
50. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
strike
cross
levels