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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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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
fly rail
quick study
cold reading
soliloquy
2. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
trap
teaser
holding for laughs
project
3. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
holding for laughs
set piece
pick up cues
House lights
4. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
project
stage manager
Aesthetics
callback
5. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
royalty
handprops
motivate
focus
6. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
cold reading
holding for laughs
timing
color blind casting
7. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
trap
Arena Theater
work lights
grip (techie)
8. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Apron
walk on
fourth wall
cross
9. Actor's lounge backstage
pick up cues
blocking
stealing the scene
greenroom
10. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
teaser
mask
business
Flexible theater
11. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
fly rail
wings
plot
break character
12. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
Ad-lib
dark
set piece
Cyclorama (cyc)
13. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
holding for laughs
Aesthetics
grip (techie)
pick up cues
14. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
scrim
dimmers
scoop
Backstage
15. Seating in the auditorium
house
understudy
scrim
thrust stage
16. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
Flat
dark
proscenium
fourth wall
17. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
shift
strike
cover
greenroom
18. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
Articulation
handprops
cheat
stage manager
19. Auditions for parts in a play
Fresnel
tryouts
set piece
business
20. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
plot
pit (orchestra pit)
places
critique
21. 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
Backdrop
stage directions
trap
timing
22. 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
exit
Aesthetics
Cyclorama (cyc)
royalty
23. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
timing
set
pantomime
trap
24. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
shift
mask
walk on
Cyclorama (cyc)
25. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
understudy
prompt book
Cyclorama (cyc)
stage directions
26. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
holding for laughs
blocking
wings
spotlight
27. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
proscenium
work lights
business
fourth wall
28. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Flat
break character
Backstage
callback
29. Area between the stage and first row of seats
stealing the scene
House lights
set
pit (orchestra pit)
30. One who can memorize a part rapidly
trap
tryouts
shift
quick study
31. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
critique
cross
properties (props)
pick up cues
32. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Dry tech
Arena Theater
understudy
Aesthetics
33. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
royalty
Dry tech
raked house
Dress the stage
34. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
callback
grip (techie)
business
35. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
royalty
Blackout
understudy
proscenium
36. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
Geletin (gel)
exit
royalty
37. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Backstage
timing
levels
cut
38. Rehearse scene without interruption
prompt book
Open up
run through
pantomime
39. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
run
walk on
run through
Backdrop
40. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
tryouts
scrim
strike
stage manager
41. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
pit (orchestra pit)
work lights
walk on
set piece
42. To play toward the audience
mask
Open up
walk on
critique
43. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
Fresnel
cut
protagonist
Aesthetics
44. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
wings
tryouts
Geletin (gel)
theme
45. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
strike
Geletin (gel)
critique
cue
46. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
House lights
set
fourth wall
Fresnel
47. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
batten
cheat
protagonist
fourth wall
48. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
cover
walk on
script
countercross
49. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
Backstage
teaser
walk on
50. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
set
Cue-to-Cue
holding for laughs
floodlights