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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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1. Change scenery
timing
cut
motivate
shift
2. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
handprops
theme
Cyclorama (cyc)
stage manager
3. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
cheat
timing
pantomime
stage manager
4. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
break character
Apron
Flat
spotlight
5. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
critique
batten
pit (orchestra pit)
6. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
stealing the scene
handprops
royalty
Arena Theater
7. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
focus
scrim
dark
tryouts
8. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
set
business
holding for laughs
understudy
9. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
protagonist
stage directions
Apron
understudy
10. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
set piece
callback
protagonist
Backstage
11. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
Fresnel
holding for laughs
teaser
Cue-to-Cue
12. Unit to control the intensity of lights
batten
share
handprops
dimmers
13. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
royalty
handprops
Apron
batten
14. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Flat
cue
break character
pick up cues
15. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
callback
prompt book
blocking
16. Evaluations and suggestions
cross
critique
floodlights
grip (techie)
17. To cover something from audience view
strike
Backdrop
Fresnel
mask
18. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
cue
take stage
strike
Flexible theater
19. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
cheat
proscenium
cold reading
base
20. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Flexible theater
dimmers
project
Arena Theater
21. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
gesture
set piece
thrust stage
shift
22. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
Dress the stage
floodlights
Aesthetics
fourth wall
23. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
work lights
base
theme
Cue-to-Cue
24. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
fourth wall
wings
pit (orchestra pit)
Arena Theater
25. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
strike
trap
greenroom
batten
26. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
dimmers
thrust stage
plot
focus
27. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
set
Dry tech
strike
28. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
fly rail
Cyclorama (cyc)
topping
29. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
run through
royalty
project
spotlight
30. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
countercross
callback
Blackout
mask
31. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
pick up cues
motivate
Dress the stage
topping
32. Actor's lounge backstage
raked house
fourth wall
critique
greenroom
33. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
cut
holding for laughs
fly rail
give
34. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
dimmers
Fresnel
grip (techie)
break character
35. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
prompt book
dark
stage directions
cross
36. To cover something from audience view
Dress the stage
focus
Articulation
mask
37. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
Fresnel
levels
Apron
38. 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
prompt book
royalty
stage directions
39. Seating in the auditorium
pit (orchestra pit)
Arena Theater
spotlight
house
40. 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
cut
soliloquy
topping
properties (props)
41. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
raked house
teaser
cheat
Articulation
42. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
trap
Dress the stage
Open up
Dry tech
43. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
critique
batten
House lights
44. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
royalty
Backdrop
script
base
45. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
strike
grip (techie)
Cyclorama (cyc)
cold reading
46. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
cross
Geletin (gel)
blocking
House lights
47. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
prompt book
House lights
dark
handprops
48. To play toward the audience
run
Open up
soliloquy
trap
49. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
set
pantomime
timing
topping
50. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
wings
Backstage
Flat
cheat