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Actors Workshop Vocab

Subject : 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. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space






2. Area between the stage and first row of seats






3. Center attention on OR center light beam on






4. Seating in the auditorium






5. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement






6. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc






7. One who can memorize a part rapidly






8. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area






9. Main character that opposes the protagonist






10. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination






11. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors






12. Casting witout regard to race or ethnicity of the characters or actors






13. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied






14. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area






15. Evaluations and suggestions






16. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled






17. Length of stage engagement for a performance






18. An actors move from one part of the stage to another






19. Unit to control the intensity of lights






20. Rehearse scene without interruption






21. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery






22. 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






23. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it






24. Foundation color used for stage make up






25. Center attention on OR center light beam on






26. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play






27. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area






28. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission






29. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition






30. Directors planned movement for the characters






31. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play






32. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage






33. One who can memorize a part rapidly






34. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area






35. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say






36. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies






37. Platforms or a body position of carious heights






38. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot






39. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied






40. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script






41. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening






42. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue






43. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience






44. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.






45. Foundation color used for stage make up






46. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights






47. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play






48. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery






49. Area between the stage and first row of seats






50. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain