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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. Directors planned movement for the characters
Backdrop
blocking
handprops
fourth wall
2. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
levels
callback
Flexible theater
cheat
3. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
Flat
fourth wall
work lights
batten
4. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
timing
places
Blackout
pantomime
5. Change scenery
greenroom
Open up
shift
pantomime
6. Length of stage engagement for a performance
business
Backstage
run
Open up
7. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
dark
dimmers
teaser
fourth wall
8. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
soliloquy
spotlight
scoop
countercross
9. Rehearse scene without interruption
cheat
stage directions
pick up cues
run through
10. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
Open up
raked house
Articulation
blocking
11. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
pick up cues
cue
base
shift
12. One who can memorize a part rapidly
walk on
dimmers
quick study
Flat
13. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
greenroom
Apron
fly rail
quick study
14. Length of stage engagement for a performance
share
run
Blackout
floodlights
15. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
break character
cover
shift
prompt book
16. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
run
Backstage
plot
fourth wall
17. Evaluations and suggestions
Open up
Dress the stage
share
critique
18. Auditions for parts in a play
tryouts
Flexible theater
Fresnel
topping
19. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
fly rail
plot
topping
theme
20. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
topping
Open up
timing
thrust stage
21. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
Articulation
pit (orchestra pit)
give
plot
22. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
greenroom
Aesthetics
properties (props)
focus
23. 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
base
protagonist
Fresnel
24. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
trap
Dry tech
Dress the stage
25. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
blocking
scrim
tryouts
prompt book
26. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
protagonist
properties (props)
callback
topping
27. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
set piece
Flexible theater
blocking
28. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
timing
Antagonist
scoop
29. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
timing
levels
stealing the scene
30. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
scoop
color blind casting
levels
Aesthetics
31. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
stealing the scene
batten
Geletin (gel)
set
32. Foundation color used for stage make up
handprops
project
focus
base
33. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
soliloquy
trap
Ad-lib
topping
34. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
levels
teaser
holding for laughs
understudy
35. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
dark
House lights
dimmers
wings
36. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
gesture
levels
thrust stage
house
37. Center attention on OR center light beam on
Apron
focus
Arena Theater
pick up cues
38. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
Aesthetics
color blind casting
callback
fourth wall
39. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
protagonist
Dress the stage
Aside
prompt book
40. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
places
topping
spotlight
script
41. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
Cue-to-Cue
fourth wall
scoop
protagonist
42. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
walk on
Flat
stage directions
thrust stage
43. One who can memorize a part rapidly
Arena Theater
Aesthetics
quick study
spotlight
44. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Dress the stage
give
cue
cold reading
45. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
blocking
strike
base
Apron
46. Area between the stage and first row of seats
topping
Fresnel
color blind casting
pit (orchestra pit)
47. Rehearse scene without interruption
run through
walk on
Fresnel
prompt book
48. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
callback
floodlights
topping
Aside
49. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
timing
Aesthetics
work lights
color blind casting
50. To cover something from audience view
motivate
mask
Blackout
walk on