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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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1. Seating in the auditorium
focus
cross
properties (props)
house
2. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
shift
Backdrop
Geletin (gel)
3. Change scenery
royalty
shift
project
Cyclorama (cyc)
4. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
break character
callback
gesture
Cue-to-Cue
5. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
stage directions
spotlight
soliloquy
thrust stage
6. To cover something from audience view
pantomime
scoop
give
mask
7. Actor's lounge backstage
greenroom
proscenium
stage directions
give
8. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
run through
proscenium
raked house
focus
9. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
fourth wall
Articulation
Aesthetics
raked house
10. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Cue-to-Cue
levels
project
Ad-lib
11. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
motivate
take stage
spotlight
protagonist
12. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
prompt book
cheat
holding for laughs
Backstage
13. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
Articulation
business
break character
scoop
14. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
understudy
cheat
thrust stage
15. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
fly rail
thrust stage
shift
theme
16. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
Dress the stage
greenroom
house
17. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
fly rail
Flexible theater
soliloquy
18. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Aside
exit
protagonist
theme
19. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
raked house
Geletin (gel)
give
20. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
spotlight
break character
stage directions
set piece
21. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Backdrop
dimmers
Open up
Antagonist
22. Directors planned movement for the characters
take stage
project
cover
blocking
23. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
cover
cold reading
spotlight
batten
24. Directors planned movement for the characters
business
blocking
cut
cheat
25. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
places
scoop
pit (orchestra pit)
handprops
26. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
levels
set piece
House lights
scoop
27. Center attention on OR center light beam on
quick study
Backstage
exit
focus
28. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
Fresnel
run
blocking
29. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
take stage
protagonist
trap
fly rail
30. 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
color blind casting
walk on
Backstage
31. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
Geletin (gel)
theme
Cyclorama (cyc)
business
32. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
fourth wall
walk on
Arena Theater
33. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Dry tech
Blackout
spotlight
soliloquy
34. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
fly rail
Antagonist
soliloquy
stealing the scene
35. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
grip (techie)
countercross
focus
stage manager
36. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
pick up cues
fourth wall
holding for laughs
Cyclorama (cyc)
37. 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
Dress the stage
soliloquy
fourth wall
run
38. To cover something from audience view
scoop
cue
Flexible theater
mask
39. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
Apron
plot
raked house
cue
40. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Open up
cue
tryouts
wings
41. Length of stage engagement for a performance
walk on
Aesthetics
work lights
run
42. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
script
focus
Aside
work lights
43. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
gesture
tryouts
handprops
give
44. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
cross
stealing the scene
fly rail
callback
45. Main character that opposes the protagonist
countercross
Aesthetics
pantomime
Antagonist
46. To play toward the audience
Flat
Open up
Fresnel
batten
47. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
greenroom
batten
Aesthetics
House lights
48. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
critique
timing
Dry tech
protagonist
49. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
mask
stealing the scene
Dry tech
50. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
run
Open up
wings
theme