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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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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. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
project
dark
batten
callback
2. Foundation color used for stage make up
Open up
focus
base
motivate
3. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
run
shift
business
cheat
4. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
topping
places
mask
Open up
5. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
walk on
grip (techie)
thrust stage
shift
6. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
raked house
pantomime
floodlights
scrim
7. Center attention on OR center light beam on
focus
topping
wings
run
8. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
Flat
Arena Theater
fly rail
House lights
9. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
cold reading
Aesthetics
topping
run through
10. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
grip (techie)
cut
Flexible theater
Geletin (gel)
11. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
Blackout
teaser
trap
12. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
color blind casting
Cue-to-Cue
understudy
gesture
13. 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
script
dark
14. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
cold reading
quick study
Dress the stage
shift
15. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
cue
Aesthetics
timing
give
16. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Backstage
proscenium
take stage
pantomime
17. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
focus
theme
Cyclorama (cyc)
proscenium
18. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Cyclorama (cyc)
greenroom
greenroom
dark
19. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
proscenium
plot
dark
run through
20. 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
focus
scoop
strike
soliloquy
21. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
protagonist
stage directions
understudy
pantomime
22. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
fourth wall
walk on
spotlight
Flat
23. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
break character
Apron
cover
set
24. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
properties (props)
plot
set
exit
25. Directors planned movement for the characters
walk on
protagonist
blocking
business
26. Evaluations and suggestions
focus
critique
scoop
set piece
27. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
pit (orchestra pit)
floodlights
set
color blind casting
28. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
gesture
Flexible theater
break character
Aesthetics
29. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
Flat
shift
exit
Articulation
30. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
properties (props)
Flexible theater
callback
pit (orchestra pit)
31. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
exit
prompt book
mask
scoop
32. Change scenery
protagonist
royalty
Dress the stage
shift
33. Evaluations and suggestions
floodlights
scoop
critique
thrust stage
34. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
holding for laughs
project
teaser
levels
35. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Dry tech
scoop
gesture
critique
36. Seating in the auditorium
set
spotlight
share
house
37. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
dimmers
base
Flexible theater
Geletin (gel)
38. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
royalty
raked house
cover
work lights
39. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
understudy
countercross
gesture
base
40. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
base
Fresnel
strike
work lights
41. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Articulation
royalty
timing
pit (orchestra pit)
42. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
understudy
countercross
Geletin (gel)
spotlight
43. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
royalty
levels
wings
focus
44. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
House lights
wings
blocking
Blackout
45. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
gesture
stage manager
break character
give
46. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
Cyclorama (cyc)
cue
run
protagonist
47. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
project
Flat
walk on
48. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
base
raked house
scrim
properties (props)
49. Unit to control the intensity of lights
base
dimmers
Dress the stage
understudy
50. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
fourth wall
focus
gesture
handprops