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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. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
Antagonist
raked house
gesture
base
2. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
timing
prompt book
Aesthetics
project
3. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
Antagonist
topping
properties (props)
batten
4. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
share
properties (props)
cross
business
5. Center attention on OR center light beam on
Antagonist
stage manager
run through
focus
6. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
levels
Antagonist
color blind casting
7. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
business
Cue-to-Cue
script
cold reading
8. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
cross
stage manager
prompt book
Flexible theater
9. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Ad-lib
house
Backstage
cue
10. To play toward the audience
dimmers
Open up
strike
work lights
11. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
motivate
Apron
Flexible theater
Articulation
12. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
walk on
wings
work lights
13. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
project
properties (props)
work lights
cut
14. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
script
walk on
batten
Geletin (gel)
15. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
cross
base
fly rail
16. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
take stage
countercross
raked house
Cue-to-Cue
17. Main character that opposes the protagonist
proscenium
Antagonist
topping
timing
18. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Arena Theater
understudy
Blackout
thrust stage
19. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
work lights
fourth wall
take stage
pantomime
20. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
countercross
fly rail
house
21. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
cheat
grip (techie)
share
quick study
22. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
Open up
holding for laughs
cover
cheat
23. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
callback
Flat
share
places
24. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
cut
holding for laughs
Aside
strike
25. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
work lights
Flexible theater
Aside
House lights
26. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
plot
pantomime
raked house
cut
27. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
Apron
proscenium
give
color blind casting
28. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
give
set piece
levels
29. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
wings
mask
stealing the scene
take stage
30. Unit to control the intensity of lights
grip (techie)
dimmers
mask
quick study
31. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
Apron
teaser
grip (techie)
32. Actor's lounge backstage
Aside
spotlight
greenroom
Fresnel
33. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
spotlight
protagonist
Aside
cold reading
34. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
house
business
set piece
Cue-to-Cue
35. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
prompt book
give
walk on
mask
36. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
callback
project
exit
run
37. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
wings
scoop
callback
give
38. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
quick study
Articulation
exit
handprops
39. To cover something from audience view
batten
Dry tech
mask
topping
40. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Flat
cross
Aesthetics
Dry tech
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
handprops
walk on
pick up cues
Aesthetics
42. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Apron
countercross
floodlights
trap
43. Foundation color used for stage make up
topping
Antagonist
base
Aesthetics
44. Change scenery
exit
greenroom
shift
mask
45. Seating in the auditorium
business
house
quick study
trap
46. Auditions for parts in a play
tryouts
cold reading
Dress the stage
gesture
47. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Articulation
Aesthetics
work lights
critique
48. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Arena Theater
stage manager
scoop
project
49. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
motivate
fourth wall
run through
50. Directors planned movement for the characters
Cue-to-Cue
cheat
blocking
Aside