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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. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
floodlights
Fresnel
give
Ad-lib
2. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
critique
handprops
color blind casting
gesture
3. 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
proscenium
Apron
scoop
stage directions
4. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
stealing the scene
stage directions
Fresnel
Cue-to-Cue
5. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
break character
Ad-lib
thrust stage
raked house
6. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
levels
Dry tech
Cue-to-Cue
stage manager
7. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
Open up
blocking
stealing the scene
batten
8. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
understudy
places
exit
set
9. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
motivate
thrust stage
protagonist
dimmers
10. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
greenroom
Cue-to-Cue
stage directions
House lights
11. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
Aesthetics
Flat
stealing the scene
12. Seating in the auditorium
pantomime
blocking
house
timing
13. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
blocking
take stage
holding for laughs
scrim
14. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
Antagonist
script
teaser
floodlights
15. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Aside
thrust stage
spotlight
teaser
16. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
raked house
set piece
break character
callback
17. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
floodlights
scrim
dimmers
blocking
18. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
dimmers
teaser
shift
strike
19. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
plot
Flat
Articulation
cue
20. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
House lights
set
royalty
pick up cues
21. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
greenroom
take stage
holding for laughs
scrim
22. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
gesture
Flat
cue
Antagonist
23. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
house
handprops
proscenium
24. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
take stage
motivate
Dry tech
cue
25. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
spotlight
callback
grip (techie)
prompt book
26. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Geletin (gel)
set piece
batten
royalty
27. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
cover
callback
Geletin (gel)
28. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
Blackout
spotlight
prompt book
Cue-to-Cue
29. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
focus
fly rail
spotlight
30. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
topping
prompt book
raked house
Backdrop
31. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
shift
theme
trap
protagonist
32. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
run through
Aesthetics
cheat
project
33. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
protagonist
fly rail
batten
stage directions
34. Area between the stage and first row of seats
dark
prompt book
Dry tech
pit (orchestra pit)
35. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
spotlight
plot
dark
take stage
36. Area between the stage and first row of seats
pit (orchestra pit)
cross
Cyclorama (cyc)
Backdrop
37. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
handprops
Geletin (gel)
raked house
stealing the scene
38. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
places
house
Aside
wings
39. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
cut
Antagonist
wings
fly rail
40. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
Flexible theater
color blind casting
thrust stage
stealing the scene
41. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
soliloquy
levels
Ad-lib
handprops
42. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
share
set
run through
greenroom
43. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
fly rail
thrust stage
Dry tech
dimmers
44. Main character that opposes the protagonist
mask
trap
scrim
Antagonist
45. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
scoop
stage directions
protagonist
set piece
46. 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
scrim
Aesthetics
Geletin (gel)
Dress the stage
47. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Arena Theater
thrust stage
cross
Articulation
48. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
greenroom
cut
Aside
cover
49. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Cue-to-Cue
script
Blackout
soliloquy
50. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
fourth wall
color blind casting
timing