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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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1. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
greenroom
set piece
base
trap
2. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
quick study
color blind casting
wings
pick up cues
3. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
run
Blackout
walk on
4. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
tryouts
prompt book
dark
gesture
5. To play toward the audience
Open up
Arena Theater
house
Articulation
6. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
countercross
exit
grip (techie)
business
7. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
wings
business
thrust stage
quick study
8. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
Dry tech
spotlight
tryouts
9. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
spotlight
plot
handprops
focus
10. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
quick study
properties (props)
Geletin (gel)
Dress the stage
11. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
scrim
plot
topping
break character
12. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
motivate
set piece
walk on
grip (techie)
13. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cue
Arena Theater
fourth wall
cold reading
14. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
prompt book
quick study
topping
proscenium
15. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
Geletin (gel)
wings
House lights
spotlight
16. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
shift
Dress the stage
set
scrim
17. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
Antagonist
mask
work lights
countercross
18. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
set
cold reading
pick up cues
19. Change scenery
shift
tryouts
tryouts
cut
20. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
focus
quick study
Fresnel
21. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
wings
Apron
topping
22. Length of stage engagement for a performance
trap
business
fourth wall
run
23. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
plot
Ad-lib
run through
24. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
run through
cheat
Articulation
theme
25. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
focus
stealing the scene
cheat
Blackout
26. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
levels
Open up
theme
shift
27. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
batten
tryouts
cover
Antagonist
28. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
exit
dark
pit (orchestra pit)
Arena Theater
29. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
grip (techie)
Arena Theater
dark
strike
30. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
Articulation
break character
Flexible theater
exit
31. Foundation color used for stage make up
base
pantomime
gesture
proscenium
32. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
Fresnel
theme
plot
Backdrop
33. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
stage directions
soliloquy
cold reading
34. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
focus
pantomime
cross
business
35. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
protagonist
Geletin (gel)
share
protagonist
36. Area between the stage and first row of seats
pit (orchestra pit)
levels
pantomime
callback
37. Seating in the auditorium
house
raked house
Blackout
Flexible theater
38. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cross
spotlight
walk on
handprops
39. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
pit (orchestra pit)
understudy
give
Cue-to-Cue
40. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
places
take stage
Cue-to-Cue
pit (orchestra pit)
41. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
trap
exit
protagonist
properties (props)
42. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
strike
properties (props)
fourth wall
Cyclorama (cyc)
43. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
handprops
properties (props)
spotlight
timing
44. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
protagonist
set
critique
45. Actor's lounge backstage
scrim
handprops
greenroom
run through
46. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
callback
strike
House lights
47. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Articulation
Apron
cold reading
cheat
48. Unit to control the intensity of lights
focus
business
spotlight
dimmers
49. Rehearse scene without interruption
cover
run through
focus
stage directions
50. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
Blackout
cut
raked house
Arena Theater