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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
scrim
break character
Cyclorama (cyc)
levels
2. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
set
Backdrop
work lights
3. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
cut
cold reading
Flexible theater
4. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
script
dimmers
prompt book
spotlight
5. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
callback
Backstage
handprops
pit (orchestra pit)
6. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
holding for laughs
plot
shift
prompt book
7. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Dry tech
critique
break character
stealing the scene
8. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
plot
plot
walk on
blocking
9. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
fly rail
house
protagonist
prompt book
10. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
timing
Geletin (gel)
Flexible theater
grip (techie)
11. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
Flexible theater
callback
project
work lights
12. Seating in the auditorium
Aesthetics
quick study
house
timing
13. Area between the stage and first row of seats
countercross
Aesthetics
Aside
pit (orchestra pit)
14. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
handprops
Apron
Aesthetics
Geletin (gel)
15. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
scoop
Antagonist
spotlight
Backstage
16. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
batten
Blackout
grip (techie)
countercross
17. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
strike
holding for laughs
handprops
18. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
work lights
trap
places
pit (orchestra pit)
19. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
Aside
cue
Backdrop
motivate
20. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
exit
Aesthetics
pick up cues
21. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
strike
Dress the stage
cover
pit (orchestra pit)
22. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
take stage
Cue-to-Cue
cheat
Dress the stage
23. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
properties (props)
base
greenroom
24. To cover something from audience view
project
Backstage
greenroom
mask
25. To play toward the audience
script
spotlight
Open up
dark
26. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
Geletin (gel)
share
Backstage
27. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
gesture
royalty
Articulation
Antagonist
28. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
pick up cues
dark
base
protagonist
29. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
base
Fresnel
take stage
Backdrop
30. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
cross
give
shift
walk on
31. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
Aesthetics
stealing the scene
Ad-lib
House lights
32. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
understudy
mask
Fresnel
33. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
strike
raked house
stage directions
proscenium
34. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Apron
dark
gesture
business
35. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
cross
raked house
cut
House lights
36. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
royalty
strike
cut
shift
37. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
cheat
scrim
holding for laughs
callback
38. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Articulation
Aside
Backdrop
countercross
39. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
Flexible theater
teaser
timing
base
40. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cover
blocking
cut
Aesthetics
41. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Arena Theater
pick up cues
Geletin (gel)
Cyclorama (cyc)
42. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
run through
understudy
strike
set piece
43. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
base
Articulation
set piece
scrim
44. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
proscenium
stage manager
raked house
critique
45. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
topping
Apron
pantomime
countercross
46. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Aesthetics
Fresnel
spotlight
cross
47. Foundation color used for stage make up
cut
Cyclorama (cyc)
base
cold reading
48. Unit to control the intensity of lights
fourth wall
Backstage
prompt book
dimmers
49. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
blocking
project
wings
dimmers
50. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Articulation
royalty
Dry tech
cold reading