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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. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
cover
trap
teaser
Ad-lib
2. Main character that opposes the protagonist
work lights
Antagonist
Backstage
soliloquy
3. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
thrust stage
scoop
mask
plot
4. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
spotlight
tryouts
cold reading
holding for laughs
5. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
Dry tech
understudy
blocking
Articulation
6. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
batten
trap
mask
motivate
7. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
Articulation
Fresnel
fly rail
proscenium
8. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
spotlight
share
batten
take stage
9. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
work lights
scrim
theme
dark
10. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
Backstage
stealing the scene
pantomime
set piece
11. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
business
take stage
Dry tech
run through
12. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
fly rail
stage manager
pit (orchestra pit)
13. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
teaser
Apron
scrim
timing
14. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
teaser
shift
cut
countercross
15. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
theme
Flat
stage manager
mask
16. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
dimmers
wings
plot
set
17. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Aside
Fresnel
work lights
critique
18. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
color blind casting
Aside
understudy
pantomime
19. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
cheat
quick study
grip (techie)
20. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Backstage
dark
take stage
properties (props)
21. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
grip (techie)
set piece
cue
understudy
22. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
work lights
dark
callback
cross
23. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
theme
countercross
Ad-lib
prompt book
24. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
callback
cross
take stage
levels
25. Change scenery
shift
set
fly rail
gesture
26. To cover something from audience view
Backstage
protagonist
mask
Fresnel
27. Rehearse scene without interruption
levels
scoop
shift
run through
28. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
walk on
raked house
base
motivate
29. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
project
pit (orchestra pit)
mask
floodlights
30. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
cover
strike
stage manager
share
31. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
house
Dry tech
stage manager
business
32. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
Blackout
pick up cues
trap
focus
33. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
properties (props)
House lights
stage manager
break character
34. 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
work lights
handprops
fly rail
35. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
trap
dimmers
Cyclorama (cyc)
36. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
dark
trap
Cue-to-Cue
project
37. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
color blind casting
take stage
thrust stage
places
38. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
soliloquy
batten
plot
floodlights
39. Unit to control the intensity of lights
trap
Blackout
dimmers
Antagonist
40. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
pit (orchestra pit)
levels
fourth wall
House lights
41. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
stealing the scene
give
scrim
timing
42. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
royalty
proscenium
take stage
shift
43. 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
shift
focus
share
soliloquy
44. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
script
trap
critique
grip (techie)
45. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
tryouts
Open up
run
business
46. Foundation color used for stage make up
Backdrop
mask
base
soliloquy
47. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
shift
cross
Flexible theater
48. 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
project
motivate
cross
stage directions
49. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
teaser
break character
stealing the scene
timing
50. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
gesture
raked house
Cyclorama (cyc)