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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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1. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
strike
scoop
cue
countercross
2. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
places
Flexible theater
prompt book
break character
3. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Flexible theater
project
cover
House lights
4. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
soliloquy
Cyclorama (cyc)
scoop
5. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
fourth wall
share
floodlights
Cue-to-Cue
6. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
stage manager
base
motivate
topping
7. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
share
dark
business
dimmers
8. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
cut
handprops
House lights
quick study
9. Length of stage engagement for a performance
properties (props)
scoop
run
batten
10. Directors planned movement for the characters
callback
blocking
tryouts
dark
11. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
focus
script
dimmers
12. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
stealing the scene
cold reading
callback
levels
13. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
stage directions
Aside
base
Fresnel
14. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
fourth wall
Antagonist
stealing the scene
run through
15. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
scrim
House lights
Blackout
exit
16. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
color blind casting
focus
Geletin (gel)
Cue-to-Cue
17. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
cue
Open up
Dry tech
fly rail
18. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
protagonist
project
tryouts
19. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Backdrop
prompt book
dimmers
break character
20. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
Apron
teaser
set
dark
21. One who can memorize a part rapidly
Backstage
prompt book
callback
quick study
22. Length of stage engagement for a performance
walk on
run
base
royalty
23. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
take stage
pantomime
walk on
set piece
24. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
share
cut
set
cheat
25. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
fourth wall
Cue-to-Cue
dark
Backstage
26. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
pick up cues
cut
Aesthetics
take stage
27. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
understudy
run
floodlights
theme
28. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Cyclorama (cyc)
royalty
scoop
Ad-lib
29. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
give
pick up cues
dark
trap
30. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
Geletin (gel)
gesture
timing
cheat
31. 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
Aesthetics
take stage
mask
trap
32. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cross
greenroom
pick up cues
thrust stage
33. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
Cue-to-Cue
trap
critique
34. Directors planned movement for the characters
share
quick study
plot
blocking
35. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
base
work lights
cross
understudy
36. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
countercross
stealing the scene
house
work lights
37. Change scenery
scrim
shift
motivate
walk on
38. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cue
topping
shift
Dry tech
39. Unit to control the intensity of lights
cover
House lights
dimmers
Aside
40. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
stage directions
exit
give
strike
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
fourth wall
Aesthetics
fly rail
walk on
42. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
topping
callback
teaser
properties (props)
43. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
fourth wall
Backdrop
holding for laughs
Aside
44. To cover something from audience view
exit
mask
walk on
floodlights
45. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
scrim
base
gesture
give
46. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
Open up
Flat
places
trap
47. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
fourth wall
spotlight
walk on
Dry tech
48. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
grip (techie)
stage directions
Ad-lib
countercross
49. Evaluations and suggestions
understudy
critique
Flexible theater
Backdrop
50. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
prompt book
quick study
stage manager
Aesthetics
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