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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. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
house
levels
understudy
2. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
cover
Backstage
Flat
exit
3. To cover something from audience view
pick up cues
cold reading
mask
set piece
4. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
properties (props)
Blackout
teaser
5. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Backdrop
set
blocking
cover
6. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
stealing the scene
Aside
Arena Theater
understudy
7. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
script
properties (props)
pantomime
Backdrop
8. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Geletin (gel)
focus
proscenium
Arena Theater
9. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
cue
Articulation
levels
stage manager
10. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
stage directions
Articulation
color blind casting
Dry tech
11. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
wings
cheat
quick study
set piece
12. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Backstage
house
pit (orchestra pit)
dimmers
13. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
properties (props)
dark
pantomime
strike
14. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
topping
give
cheat
wings
15. Actor's lounge backstage
greenroom
Geletin (gel)
stage directions
House lights
16. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
break character
work lights
fourth wall
grip (techie)
17. 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
Aesthetics
pit (orchestra pit)
set
timing
18. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
spotlight
set piece
Flat
royalty
19. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
scrim
cover
greenroom
spotlight
20. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
walk on
focus
business
Dry tech
21. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
exit
proscenium
Flat
work lights
22. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
Aside
pantomime
Geletin (gel)
strike
23. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
handprops
dimmers
Apron
trap
24. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
countercross
shift
project
callback
25. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
stealing the scene
greenroom
gesture
understudy
26. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
project
floodlights
run
raked house
27. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
house
raked house
topping
batten
28. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
Aside
House lights
Cue-to-Cue
29. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
set
share
House lights
base
30. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
wings
Backstage
greenroom
31. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
gesture
handprops
levels
strike
32. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
color blind casting
walk on
base
levels
33. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
proscenium
exit
wings
theme
34. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
plot
Dry tech
blocking
cue
35. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Cue-to-Cue
properties (props)
house
timing
36. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
prompt book
trap
grip (techie)
project
37. To play toward the audience
pick up cues
Open up
house
soliloquy
38. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Blackout
holding for laughs
Cyclorama (cyc)
give
39. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
theme
Fresnel
holding for laughs
spotlight
40. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
floodlights
critique
dark
House lights
41. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
exit
motivate
give
trap
42. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
focus
proscenium
break character
proscenium
43. 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
Apron
share
Aesthetics
cue
44. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
focus
dark
plot
thrust stage
45. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
batten
scrim
set piece
teaser
46. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
theme
cue
base
share
47. To cover something from audience view
business
pit (orchestra pit)
mask
tryouts
48. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
cold reading
quick study
timing
49. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
batten
batten
work lights
understudy
50. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
raked house
cold reading
Cue-to-Cue
gesture