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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. Evaluations and suggestions
script
Ad-lib
critique
floodlights
2. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
base
Cue-to-Cue
timing
Flexible theater
3. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
Cyclorama (cyc)
topping
set
Backdrop
4. 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
soliloquy
set piece
run through
greenroom
5. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
fourth wall
base
pit (orchestra pit)
shift
6. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
dark
cover
greenroom
raked house
7. To play toward the audience
Open up
give
topping
protagonist
8. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
critique
properties (props)
trap
Apron
9. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Aesthetics
pick up cues
topping
prompt book
10. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
holding for laughs
strike
levels
motivate
11. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
trap
take stage
script
Apron
12. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
shift
quick study
cheat
topping
13. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
Cue-to-Cue
wings
grip (techie)
thrust stage
14. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
prompt book
set piece
callback
stage manager
15. Actor's lounge backstage
cue
exit
break character
greenroom
16. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
mask
shift
project
stealing the scene
17. Rehearse scene without interruption
run through
business
Arena Theater
focus
18. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
holding for laughs
Cue-to-Cue
cover
19. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
levels
raked house
Cyclorama (cyc)
20. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
grip (techie)
mask
tryouts
cheat
21. Main character that opposes the protagonist
stage manager
Aside
Antagonist
stage directions
22. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
pick up cues
focus
exit
business
23. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
Flat
cover
Fresnel
House lights
24. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
stage manager
plot
cold reading
gesture
25. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
project
greenroom
strike
Dress the stage
26. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
cheat
proscenium
take stage
stealing the scene
27. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
project
wings
Apron
28. Unit to control the intensity of lights
dimmers
Cyclorama (cyc)
greenroom
Backdrop
29. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
run
share
Flat
thrust stage
30. Center attention on OR center light beam on
focus
batten
royalty
proscenium
31. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
raked house
break character
business
32. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cue
Arena Theater
Arena Theater
give
33. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
tryouts
share
teaser
handprops
34. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
understudy
soliloquy
floodlights
color blind casting
35. 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
color blind casting
scrim
cover
36. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cross
grip (techie)
House lights
exit
37. Auditions for parts in a play
theme
pantomime
Open up
tryouts
38. Area between the stage and first row of seats
pit (orchestra pit)
raked house
stealing the scene
blocking
39. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
callback
script
gesture
run
40. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Fresnel
Backdrop
cue
gesture
41. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
Apron
protagonist
plot
share
42. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
Open up
pantomime
handprops
Cyclorama (cyc)
43. Area between the stage and first row of seats
break character
pit (orchestra pit)
Aesthetics
scrim
44. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
share
callback
shift
shift
45. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
soliloquy
Fresnel
base
critique
46. Length of stage engagement for a performance
Aside
run
Dry tech
theme
47. Length of stage engagement for a performance
scrim
Apron
run
House lights
48. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
house
countercross
spotlight
quick study
49. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
protagonist
places
wings
run through
50. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
holding for laughs
Dress the stage
scrim
exit