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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. Area between the stage and first row of seats
exit
Flexible theater
pit (orchestra pit)
pantomime
2. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
critique
run
properties (props)
stealing the scene
3. A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another actor
Cue-to-Cue
Antagonist
protagonist
countercross
4. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
Aside
soliloquy
stage manager
5. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
teaser
understudy
royalty
walk on
6. One who can memorize a part rapidly
royalty
cover
thrust stage
quick study
7. Actor's lounge backstage
timing
mask
greenroom
theme
8. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
places
cheat
strike
timing
9. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
cold reading
levels
cue
trap
10. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
cross
cover
run through
scoop
11. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
Cue-to-Cue
set
critique
batten
12. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
Apron
run through
Open up
Articulation
13. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
proscenium
topping
cut
Cue-to-Cue
14. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Dry tech
fly rail
proscenium
Antagonist
15. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
soliloquy
strike
walk on
set piece
16. Foundation color used for stage make up
Flexible theater
shift
greenroom
base
17. One who can memorize a part rapidly
quick study
focus
royalty
Antagonist
18. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Flat
cold reading
set
Aesthetics
19. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
pick up cues
stage manager
color blind casting
20. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
Dry tech
understudy
cover
grip (techie)
21. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
plot
share
stage manager
Backdrop
22. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
gesture
dark
plot
walk on
23. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
places
tryouts
plot
Fresnel
24. Change scenery
shift
Backdrop
Aesthetics
cross
25. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
stage directions
spotlight
soliloquy
handprops
26. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
timing
Blackout
focus
Apron
27. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
set piece
business
proscenium
28. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
tryouts
cheat
stealing the scene
work lights
29. Main character that opposes the protagonist
color blind casting
Antagonist
Blackout
teaser
30. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
countercross
focus
fourth wall
holding for laughs
31. Area between the stage and first row of seats
understudy
prompt book
cue
pit (orchestra pit)
32. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
cold reading
motivate
prompt book
Arena Theater
33. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
dimmers
spotlight
walk on
fly rail
34. An actors move from one part of the stage to another
cross
plot
proscenium
Cue-to-Cue
35. Unit to control the intensity of lights
business
blocking
dimmers
understudy
36. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
fly rail
royalty
Ad-lib
color blind casting
37. Main character with whom the audience's empathy lies
wings
protagonist
batten
scoop
38. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
Backstage
cross
proscenium
take stage
39. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
give
cross
exit
dimmers
40. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Cue-to-Cue
house
royalty
prompt book
41. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Flexible theater
exit
teaser
cheat
42. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
Flexible theater
mask
work lights
43. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
exit
color blind casting
Geletin (gel)
44. Foundation color used for stage make up
base
Cue-to-Cue
blocking
share
45. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
Flexible theater
House lights
understudy
scoop
46. Detailed bits of action such as knitting - setting the table - etc. as distinguished from broad stage movement
business
run
raked house
Open up
47. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
protagonist
spotlight
floodlights
levels
48. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Blackout
prompt book
protagonist
cut
49. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
house
stage manager
motivate
Apron
50. To cover something from audience view
mask
Blackout
scrim
script