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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. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
gesture
blocking
scoop
Dress the stage
2. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
mask
holding for laughs
work lights
3. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
script
Flexible theater
cheat
business
4. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
quick study
batten
handprops
Open up
5. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
prompt book
cue
prompt book
6. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
fly rail
understudy
stage directions
grip (techie)
7. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Backstage
set
batten
Aside
8. Rehearse scene without interruption
levels
set
run through
strike
9. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
cut
pick up cues
fly rail
royalty
10. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Arena Theater
stage manager
Backstage
Blackout
11. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
take stage
timing
share
cover
12. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
spotlight
handprops
Cyclorama (cyc)
levels
13. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
trap
color blind casting
cut
Articulation
14. Center attention on OR center light beam on
exit
work lights
Aside
focus
15. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
break character
grip (techie)
pantomime
project
16. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Arena Theater
topping
prompt book
share
17. 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
Backstage
share
Aside
18. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
properties (props)
give
cheat
plot
19. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
run through
blocking
Flexible theater
Ad-lib
20. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
cross
Dry tech
tryouts
shift
21. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
greenroom
soliloquy
understudy
22. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
cover
proscenium
stage directions
Aesthetics
23. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
cut
run
batten
project
24. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
house
Apron
protagonist
break character
25. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
cold reading
set
strike
Flat
26. Seating in the auditorium
countercross
house
work lights
Backstage
27. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fly rail
teaser
fourth wall
Aside
28. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
exit
color blind casting
topping
house
29. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
plot
base
Flexible theater
cold reading
30. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
stealing the scene
motivate
focus
House lights
31. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
mask
cover
understudy
walk on
32. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
holding for laughs
places
royalty
Dress the stage
33. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Geletin (gel)
cross
base
exit
34. Unit to control the intensity of lights
prompt book
cross
greenroom
dimmers
35. Directors planned movement for the characters
strike
color blind casting
Cue-to-Cue
blocking
36. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
understudy
raked house
run
37. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Blackout
timing
proscenium
royalty
38. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
pit (orchestra pit)
royalty
fly rail
walk on
39. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
set piece
topping
quick study
40. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
theme
Ad-lib
stage directions
Cyclorama (cyc)
41. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
greenroom
proscenium
House lights
42. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
holding for laughs
fourth wall
countercross
Flat
43. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
share
floodlights
spotlight
fly rail
44. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
scoop
holding for laughs
break character
Cue-to-Cue
45. 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
levels
set
share
soliloquy
46. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
share
cross
Fresnel
give
47. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
base
thrust stage
House lights
Articulation
48. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
house
Backdrop
pick up cues
protagonist
49. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
teaser
pit (orchestra pit)
places
raked house
50. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
teaser
motivate
levels
Antagonist