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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
wings
Fresnel
pantomime
dark
2. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
batten
Apron
Backstage
script
3. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
fourth wall
share
Aesthetics
walk on
4. Rehearse scene without interruption
gesture
run through
Flexible theater
Backdrop
5. 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
proscenium
greenroom
soliloquy
places
6. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
trap
Arena Theater
share
Articulation
7. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
scrim
Arena Theater
topping
plot
8. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
pick up cues
holding for laughs
fourth wall
shift
9. Rehearse scene without interruption
Cyclorama (cyc)
places
run through
plot
10. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
Blackout
timing
stage manager
script
11. Foundation color used for stage make up
Aesthetics
plot
base
soliloquy
12. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
spotlight
floodlights
Aesthetics
handprops
13. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
cover
share
Arena Theater
stealing the scene
14. Seating in the auditorium
holding for laughs
house
dark
dark
15. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
Fresnel
prompt book
critique
scoop
16. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
business
cut
walk on
17. To cover something from audience view
mask
proscenium
stage directions
House lights
18. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
set
dark
cut
19. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
run through
pantomime
set
Dry tech
20. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
set piece
batten
cold reading
Dry tech
21. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
House lights
greenroom
walk on
levels
22. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
plot
Flat
motivate
places
23. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
mask
critique
Cyclorama (cyc)
levels
24. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
exit
Antagonist
scrim
quick study
25. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
places
cold reading
teaser
base
26. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
scoop
prompt book
teaser
cheat
27. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
wings
soliloquy
tryouts
quick study
28. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
gesture
trap
Flexible theater
break character
29. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
wings
fly rail
callback
strike
30. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
set piece
grip (techie)
Flexible theater
Apron
31. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
Articulation
quick study
house
proscenium
32. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
royalty
Backdrop
grip (techie)
pick up cues
33. Main character that opposes the protagonist
critique
Antagonist
pit (orchestra pit)
Backdrop
34. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
fourth wall
dark
Aside
Dry tech
35. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
thrust stage
give
Cue-to-Cue
Flat
36. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
trap
House lights
share
Dry tech
37. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
dark
Antagonist
Dry tech
gesture
38. Change scenery
shift
Dry tech
topping
Apron
39. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
walk on
cold reading
grip (techie)
House lights
40. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
cold reading
motivate
proscenium
scoop
41. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
topping
run through
thrust stage
timing
42. One who can memorize a part rapidly
prompt book
stealing the scene
quick study
thrust stage
43. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
take stage
dimmers
countercross
pick up cues
44. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
grip (techie)
scrim
soliloquy
Cyclorama (cyc)
45. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
levels
plot
quick study
cut
46. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
business
fourth wall
scoop
wings
47. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
fourth wall
theme
house
Aside
48. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
set piece
motivate
fourth wall
cut
49. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
Open up
critique
Cue-to-Cue
cross
50. 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
fourth wall
fly rail
Aesthetics