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Actors Workshop Vocab
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Subject
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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. Directors planned movement for the characters
House lights
fourth wall
theme
blocking
2. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
set
places
timing
stage directions
3. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Blackout
walk on
Articulation
Geletin (gel)
4. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
cheat
callback
stealing the scene
base
5. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
shift
work lights
understudy
scoop
6. Length of stage engagement for a performance
royalty
critique
Dry tech
run
7. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
fourth wall
stage directions
take stage
8. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
raked house
break character
royalty
base
9. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
holding for laughs
scoop
greenroom
gesture
10. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
holding for laughs
Flexible theater
project
Aesthetics
11. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
pick up cues
topping
run through
Ad-lib
12. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
plot
Cyclorama (cyc)
blocking
script
13. Center attention on OR center light beam on
theme
focus
Flexible theater
cue
14. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
set piece
prompt book
fourth wall
soliloquy
15. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
Blackout
places
motivate
floodlights
16. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
Geletin (gel)
shift
handprops
motivate
17. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
understudy
give
Aesthetics
18. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
script
pit (orchestra pit)
pick up cues
fly rail
19. Auditions for parts in a play
color blind casting
royalty
Dress the stage
tryouts
20. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
holding for laughs
exit
Backstage
House lights
21. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Antagonist
cross
cover
Cue-to-Cue
22. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
give
levels
Fresnel
topping
23. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
stage directions
raked house
cross
24. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
holding for laughs
Antagonist
Cyclorama (cyc)
25. Actor's lounge backstage
greenroom
Aesthetics
take stage
blocking
26. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
properties (props)
set
cross
dark
27. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
protagonist
scrim
grip (techie)
cue
28. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Arena Theater
Dry tech
raked house
handprops
29. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Ad-lib
cue
set
Ad-lib
30. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
Cue-to-Cue
plot
cheat
teaser
31. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
set
mask
gesture
Apron
32. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
tryouts
batten
Aside
base
33. Center attention on OR center light beam on
understudy
Aside
cut
focus
34. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
pantomime
cross
stage manager
quick study
35. Auditions for parts in a play
stage directions
Flat
dark
tryouts
36. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
color blind casting
walk on
stage manager
scoop
37. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
dimmers
Ad-lib
scoop
38. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
gesture
places
topping
wings
39. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Dry tech
Arena Theater
quick study
stage manager
40. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Aesthetics
protagonist
fourth wall
Antagonist
41. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
scoop
theme
Backdrop
cover
42. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
motivate
gesture
Antagonist
tryouts
43. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
countercross
batten
Fresnel
exit
44. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
countercross
Dry tech
cut
set
45. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
walk on
grip (techie)
business
levels
46. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Cyclorama (cyc)
cue
cross
break character
47. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
protagonist
break character
take stage
stage directions
48. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
levels
pantomime
Blackout
Flat
49. Rehearse scene without interruption
Dress the stage
levels
fourth wall
run through
50. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
protagonist
trap
teaser
cheat