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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
Geletin (gel)
cold reading
break character
theme
2. Rehearse scene without interruption
scrim
work lights
timing
run through
3. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
grip (techie)
Aesthetics
Apron
thrust stage
4. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
royalty
cut
fly rail
give
5. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
handprops
strike
cross
set
6. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
scrim
pit (orchestra pit)
Articulation
7. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
cross
greenroom
shift
teaser
8. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
Antagonist
countercross
Cue-to-Cue
blocking
9. 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
floodlights
Geletin (gel)
Aesthetics
stage manager
10. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
focus
mask
topping
business
11. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
understudy
grip (techie)
share
Antagonist
12. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
spotlight
color blind casting
Aesthetics
13. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
grip (techie)
Ad-lib
cross
set
14. Center attention on OR center light beam on
Flexible theater
timing
cross
focus
15. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
understudy
batten
run
Cyclorama (cyc)
16. Change scenery
shift
royalty
project
Apron
17. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
stealing the scene
Dry tech
levels
18. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
focus
stage manager
Dress the stage
pit (orchestra pit)
19. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
prompt book
scrim
project
stealing the scene
20. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
fly rail
gesture
exit
raked house
21. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
run through
run
plot
scrim
22. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
theme
set piece
cheat
protagonist
23. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
holding for laughs
base
wings
topping
24. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
theme
Dress the stage
Fresnel
cross
25. Unit to control the intensity of lights
script
dimmers
greenroom
set
26. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
take stage
Articulation
Aesthetics
Flat
27. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
handprops
holding for laughs
spotlight
28. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
timing
handprops
dimmers
Backdrop
29. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
theme
motivate
handprops
cut
30. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
gesture
teaser
critique
plot
31. Change scenery
shift
proscenium
understudy
Cue-to-Cue
32. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
timing
places
Cyclorama (cyc)
soliloquy
33. Length of stage engagement for a performance
cross
prompt book
run
plot
34. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
color blind casting
strike
theme
35. Actor's lounge backstage
greenroom
stage manager
raked house
break character
36. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
Arena Theater
Backdrop
raked house
script
37. To play toward the audience
scrim
run
Backstage
Open up
38. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
proscenium
places
strike
understudy
39. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
cover
stage manager
callback
House lights
40. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
prompt book
stage manager
countercross
wings
41. Foundation color used for stage make up
scoop
protagonist
give
base
42. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
exit
Cue-to-Cue
cover
grip (techie)
43. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
focus
motivate
timing
dark
44. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
gesture
timing
grip (techie)
Aside
45. Evaluations and suggestions
Aesthetics
critique
Articulation
set
46. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
proscenium
scrim
Aesthetics
cheat
47. Foundation color used for stage make up
royalty
Dry tech
House lights
base
48. To cover something from audience view
cover
understudy
pantomime
mask
49. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
cold reading
Cue-to-Cue
Blackout
topping
50. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
understudy
raked house
run
exit