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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. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Ad-lib
Cyclorama (cyc)
Dress the stage
cold reading
2. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Ad-lib
thrust stage
Dress the stage
Antagonist
3. One who can memorize a part rapidly
cover
Aesthetics
quick study
Flat
4. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
handprops
Dry tech
motivate
set
5. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
scoop
cue
proscenium
color blind casting
6. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
spotlight
Antagonist
cover
Ad-lib
7. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
script
tryouts
Backdrop
raked house
8. Seating in the auditorium
walk on
house
give
proscenium
9. Seating in the auditorium
dark
house
fourth wall
pick up cues
10. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
dimmers
Articulation
walk on
Backdrop
11. Length of stage engagement for a performance
royalty
quick study
run
fourth wall
12. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
raked house
teaser
color blind casting
gesture
13. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
greenroom
script
royalty
share
14. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
cheat
stage directions
cold reading
set piece
15. Area between the stage and first row of seats
stage manager
quick study
Open up
pit (orchestra pit)
16. Foundation color used for stage make up
base
give
Backstage
give
17. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
house
cue
critique
gesture
18. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Apron
Flexible theater
Flat
understudy
19. To play toward the audience
pit (orchestra pit)
spotlight
Open up
handprops
20. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
gesture
gesture
levels
business
21. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
fly rail
Antagonist
callback
stage manager
22. Foundation color used for stage make up
pantomime
base
exit
stage directions
23. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Backdrop
fourth wall
shift
Dry tech
24. 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
give
stealing the scene
soliloquy
theme
25. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
batten
quick study
Geletin (gel)
26. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
teaser
Backdrop
scoop
Blackout
27. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
gesture
take stage
Antagonist
teaser
28. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
cover
pit (orchestra pit)
wings
Flat
29. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Dry tech
critique
cover
set
30. Evaluations and suggestions
House lights
take stage
topping
critique
31. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
Cue-to-Cue
teaser
dark
32. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
timing
Cue-to-Cue
trap
greenroom
33. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
Aesthetics
understudy
Aside
shift
34. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
set
Articulation
protagonist
grip (techie)
35. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
Arena Theater
teaser
set piece
pick up cues
36. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
pantomime
grip (techie)
pit (orchestra pit)
timing
37. Length of stage engagement for a performance
business
spotlight
wings
run
38. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
callback
break character
pantomime
Articulation
39. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
work lights
color blind casting
run
break character
40. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
project
Blackout
Backdrop
levels
41. 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
run through
Aesthetics
grip (techie)
house
42. Directors planned movement for the characters
mask
timing
blocking
royalty
43. Center attention on OR center light beam on
Flat
fourth wall
fly rail
focus
44. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
scoop
Flexible theater
share
places
45. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
cue
motivate
Articulation
wings
46. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
floodlights
trap
fourth wall
Blackout
47. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Dry tech
royalty
blocking
pit (orchestra pit)
48. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
proscenium
Flexible theater
theme
49. Unit to control the intensity of lights
critique
Cue-to-Cue
dimmers
topping
50. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Articulation
Flat
pit (orchestra pit)
thrust stage