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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. 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
color blind casting
Flexible theater
dimmers
soliloquy
2. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
Aesthetics
dark
base
cue
3. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
Backdrop
grip (techie)
script
scrim
4. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
countercross
Blackout
strike
cheat
5. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
countercross
base
set piece
6. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
quick study
run
Aside
scoop
7. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
theme
set piece
scrim
take stage
8. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
levels
timing
House lights
pick up cues
9. Evaluations and suggestions
critique
fly rail
fourth wall
fly rail
10. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
critique
Flexible theater
Articulation
walk on
11. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors
raked house
focus
pantomime
color blind casting
12. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
mask
batten
cross
proscenium
13. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
stage directions
Flat
greenroom
critique
14. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
properties (props)
Fresnel
Open up
proscenium
15. Length of stage engagement for a performance
run
Aside
focus
shift
16. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
callback
dimmers
Fresnel
fly rail
17. Area between the stage and first row of seats
walk on
Arena Theater
pit (orchestra pit)
Fresnel
18. To cover something from audience view
mask
thrust stage
Cue-to-Cue
stage directions
19. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
Backstage
Cyclorama (cyc)
timing
holding for laughs
20. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
grip (techie)
places
stage manager
Apron
21. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
timing
spotlight
handprops
Fresnel
22. Actor's lounge backstage
set
greenroom
Articulation
Cue-to-Cue
23. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
handprops
Antagonist
exit
theme
24. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
places
work lights
Cue-to-Cue
teaser
25. Rehearse scene without interruption
break character
cold reading
run through
floodlights
26. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
base
Aside
Flexible theater
teaser
27. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
set
cheat
pit (orchestra pit)
Backstage
28. Seating in the auditorium
Cue-to-Cue
handprops
house
grip (techie)
29. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
thrust stage
shift
wings
Cyclorama (cyc)
30. Main character that opposes the protagonist
base
Antagonist
pick up cues
raked house
31. Auditions for parts in a play
spotlight
tryouts
shift
exit
32. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
break character
give
levels
run
33. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
Articulation
understudy
countercross
34. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
run
greenroom
scrim
script
35. One who can memorize a part rapidly
set piece
Aside
quick study
batten
36. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
set
prompt book
motivate
set piece
37. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
Articulation
blocking
wings
cut
38. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
Arena Theater
walk on
spotlight
raked house
39. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
theme
Cyclorama (cyc)
set
cross
40. Indications to the director and actors about carious aspects of the play - including information on characters - how a play should proceed - how a play should look - and the mood or effects of a play
stage directions
scrim
tryouts
Backdrop
41. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
critique
levels
grip (techie)
holding for laughs
42. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
royalty
wings
take stage
43. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
cover
plot
royalty
grip (techie)
44. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
topping
blocking
Apron
motivate
45. Change scenery
soliloquy
run
mask
shift
46. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
gesture
dark
stealing the scene
theme
47. Foundation color used for stage make up
share
plot
base
places
48. Unit to control the intensity of lights
levels
handprops
pit (orchestra pit)
dimmers
49. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
Open up
grip (techie)
cheat
business
50. 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
Aesthetics
wings
raked house