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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Backdrop
project
pit (orchestra pit)
soliloquy
2. 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
Aside
Aesthetics
greenroom
soliloquy
3. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
prompt book
timing
Antagonist
House lights
4. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
spotlight
Aside
Cue-to-Cue
plot
5. Auditions for parts in a play
set
Ad-lib
tryouts
Dress the stage
6. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
Arena Theater
scoop
fly rail
greenroom
7. 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
stage directions
Cyclorama (cyc)
topping
cover
8. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
Aesthetics
walk on
grip (techie)
pit (orchestra pit)
9. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
cold reading
business
places
share
10. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
stage manager
pick up cues
scoop
work lights
11. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
Fresnel
run
protagonist
callback
12. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
Ad-lib
work lights
take stage
Articulation
13. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
strike
timing
scrim
Ad-lib
14. Directors planned movement for the characters
base
cross
trap
blocking
15. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
walk on
strike
run
places
16. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
stage manager
shift
Ad-lib
Apron
17. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
topping
handprops
Backstage
critique
18. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
batten
soliloquy
break character
dimmers
19. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
wings
run through
places
pantomime
20. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
Flat
Aesthetics
set piece
understudy
21. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
stage manager
dimmers
handprops
spotlight
22. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
grip (techie)
base
scrim
critique
23. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
Cyclorama (cyc)
walk on
Dry tech
24. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
proscenium
Antagonist
walk on
spotlight
25. Change scenery
Apron
stage directions
shift
understudy
26. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
exit
Apron
give
Dry tech
27. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
dimmers
prompt book
Antagonist
timing
28. Area between the stage and first row of seats
run through
pit (orchestra pit)
mask
soliloquy
29. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
Aesthetics
business
set
walk on
30. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
topping
gesture
pit (orchestra pit)
Backdrop
31. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
blocking
cue
places
32. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
scoop
share
cross
stage manager
33. Center attention on OR center light beam on
plot
protagonist
focus
script
34. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
House lights
gesture
cross
exit
35. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
wings
thrust stage
teaser
Fresnel
36. Main character that opposes the protagonist
prompt book
Antagonist
Backdrop
proscenium
37. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
scoop
Aside
walk on
Fresnel
38. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
fourth wall
levels
critique
thrust stage
39. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
Aside
Open up
Ad-lib
cut
40. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
theme
business
strike
wings
41. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
places
Aside
pick up cues
pit (orchestra pit)
42. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
dark
exit
house
Aside
43. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
royalty
topping
spotlight
tryouts
44. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
Cyclorama (cyc)
holding for laughs
walk on
Open up
45. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
fly rail
pantomime
scoop
color blind casting
46. Auditions for parts in a play
tryouts
wings
scoop
theme
47. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
greenroom
Flexible theater
dark
Backdrop
48. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
protagonist
set
shift
49. Length of stage engagement for a performance
stage manager
strike
run
Cyclorama (cyc)
50. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
business
floodlights
protagonist
Aside