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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. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
Arena Theater
Dress the stage
Ad-lib
pantomime
2. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
callback
Backstage
Blackout
mask
3. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
trap
blocking
dark
royalty
4. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
tryouts
Dress the stage
handprops
5. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Flexible theater
cold reading
stage manager
countercross
6. Actor's lounge backstage
Cyclorama (cyc)
greenroom
Apron
understudy
7. One who can memorize a part rapidly
Aesthetics
Geletin (gel)
quick study
dimmers
8. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
levels
stealing the scene
set
give
9. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
cover
stealing the scene
timing
scoop
10. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
pantomime
dimmers
give
gesture
11. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
countercross
floodlights
dimmers
topping
12. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
Flat
motivate
places
shift
13. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
give
spotlight
plot
business
14. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
timing
Cue-to-Cue
tryouts
stealing the scene
15. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
color blind casting
handprops
trap
scoop
16. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
stage manager
timing
cold reading
run through
17. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
holding for laughs
wings
script
pantomime
18. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
dimmers
scrim
stage directions
share
19. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
cross
Flat
Apron
teaser
20. Area between the stage and first row of seats
countercross
strike
pit (orchestra pit)
trap
21. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Ad-lib
spotlight
Aside
Fresnel
22. Printed or typewritten copy of the play
script
Apron
Cyclorama (cyc)
cue
23. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
cheat
strike
run
break character
24. 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
holding for laughs
Dress the stage
cue
25. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
work lights
Backstage
cover
give
26. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
thrust stage
scoop
scrim
set
27. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
cold reading
Blackout
Fresnel
cue
28. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
callback
raked house
share
pantomime
29. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
Antagonist
wings
set
cue
30. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
work lights
protagonist
batten
Ad-lib
31. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
plot
Arena Theater
pantomime
Flexible theater
32. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
holding for laughs
properties (props)
Flexible theater
prompt book
33. Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
handprops
project
trap
fly rail
34. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
timing
run through
theme
raked house
35. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
take stage
cue
Backdrop
floodlights
36. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
dark
Cyclorama (cyc)
wings
pantomime
37. 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
cover
batten
Aesthetics
cue
38. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
trap
share
cue
places
39. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
Ad-lib
topping
properties (props)
Antagonist
40. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
exit
batten
spotlight
Arena Theater
41. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
Geletin (gel)
stage manager
protagonist
take stage
42. Rehearse scene without interruption
Dress the stage
share
Articulation
run through
43. Change scenery
fourth wall
shift
blocking
set
44. Seating in the auditorium
cold reading
motivate
house
Flat
45. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
pit (orchestra pit)
Cue-to-Cue
stealing the scene
46. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
work lights
places
cross
Flexible theater
47. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
project
Aesthetics
countercross
plot
48. A sky drop that surrounds the back and sides of the stage
tryouts
Cyclorama (cyc)
prompt book
stage manager
49. Foundation color used for stage make up
house
royalty
spotlight
base
50. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Backstage
prompt book
set piece
batten