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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. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
set
plot
Backdrop
house
2. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
critique
Blackout
holding for laughs
pick up cues
3. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
Arena Theater
floodlights
properties (props)
4. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
fly rail
Aside
color blind casting
5. Rehearse scene without interruption
give
run
Dry tech
run through
6. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
countercross
proscenium
theme
fly rail
7. Area between the stage and first row of seats
stage directions
teaser
batten
pit (orchestra pit)
8. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
focus
handprops
Dress the stage
holding for laughs
9. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
royalty
Dress the stage
tryouts
take stage
10. 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
work lights
dark
take stage
Aesthetics
11. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
dimmers
pick up cues
Articulation
Blackout
12. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
greenroom
cover
greenroom
stage directions
13. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
scoop
Backstage
fly rail
project
14. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
business
set piece
Dress the stage
floodlights
15. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
stealing the scene
Fresnel
Backstage
base
16. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Dry tech
shift
Ad-lib
thrust stage
17. Center attention on OR center light beam on
Dry tech
dark
fly rail
focus
18. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
Open up
Backstage
stealing the scene
teaser
19. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
give
fly rail
pit (orchestra pit)
plot
20. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
Blackout
set
stage manager
walk on
21. 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
Ad-lib
stealing the scene
stage directions
soliloquy
22. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
run through
cheat
theme
proscenium
23. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
understudy
soliloquy
cue
Cue-to-Cue
24. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
blocking
places
pantomime
25. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Cue-to-Cue
dimmers
Flat
handprops
26. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
project
topping
Articulation
27. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
break character
motivate
gesture
Blackout
28. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
pick up cues
house
fly rail
trap
29. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
color blind casting
cut
cold reading
pick up cues
30. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
Cue-to-Cue
Aesthetics
motivate
floodlights
31. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
stage directions
take stage
cover
scoop
32. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
Open up
motivate
Articulation
33. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
batten
pick up cues
places
Arena Theater
34. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
Aside
exit
trap
topping
35. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
motivate
dimmers
teaser
project
36. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
places
holding for laughs
set piece
Ad-lib
37. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
trap
levels
Flat
raked house
38. Evaluations and suggestions
Dress the stage
walk on
dimmers
critique
39. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
cue
critique
take stage
pantomime
40. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
plot
walk on
set piece
dark
41. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Cyclorama (cyc)
set
pit (orchestra pit)
royalty
42. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
set
Dress the stage
walk on
Backstage
43. To cover something from audience view
share
mask
batten
critique
44. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
proscenium
proscenium
trap
take stage
45. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
places
understudy
royalty
46. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
greenroom
stealing the scene
Backstage
scrim
47. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
run through
callback
House lights
set piece
48. Unit to control the intensity of lights
levels
timing
dimmers
cue
49. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
Arena Theater
Dry tech
cut
countercross
50. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Dress the stage
thrust stage
Fresnel
run through