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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. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
wings
dimmers
handprops
timing
2. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
fly rail
trap
holding for laughs
3. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
plot
pick up cues
levels
Backstage
4. Center attention on OR center light beam on
project
focus
stealing the scene
break character
5. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
strike
shift
holding for laughs
stealing the scene
6. Directors planned movement for the characters
Backstage
blocking
understudy
break character
7. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Cyclorama (cyc)
royalty
Backdrop
Dry tech
8. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
properties (props)
gesture
proscenium
places
9. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
gesture
focus
royalty
tryouts
10. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
Open up
House lights
gesture
scoop
11. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
critique
stealing the scene
stealing the scene
12. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Geletin (gel)
break character
walk on
cold reading
13. White lights used solely for rehearsal. in some theaters the strip lights are used in place of the work lights
work lights
levels
focus
quick study
14. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
pantomime
critique
pit (orchestra pit)
Dress the stage
15. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
take stage
base
cover
Geletin (gel)
16. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
timing
floodlights
take stage
Flexible theater
17. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
cut
handprops
business
House lights
18. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
set
motivate
Blackout
take stage
19. 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
run through
Cue-to-Cue
project
20. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
stage directions
topping
Flexible theater
21. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
cross
house
base
properties (props)
22. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
color blind casting
understudy
set piece
prompt book
23. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
exit
Ad-lib
Apron
prompt book
24. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Backdrop
focus
share
Cue-to-Cue
25. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
Dry tech
focus
cut
set
26. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
cover
work lights
places
set
27. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
Dry tech
thrust stage
batten
color blind casting
28. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
exit
proscenium
gesture
theme
29. 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
Aesthetics
cue
share
proscenium
30. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
grip (techie)
countercross
Dry tech
Cyclorama (cyc)
31. Indications to the director and actors about carious aspects of the play - including information on characters - how a play should proceed - how a play should look - and the mood or effects of a play
stage directions
give
Blackout
project
32. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
set piece
project
handprops
mask
33. Bar to which rigging and ropes are tied
fly rail
royalty
dark
share
34. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
handprops
project
callback
Apron
35. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
scoop
Ad-lib
Flexible theater
cue
36. Indications to the director and actors about carious aspects of the play - including information on characters - how a play should proceed - how a play should look - and the mood or effects of a play
strike
Apron
stage manager
stage directions
37. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
countercross
levels
callback
stealing the scene
38. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
Arena Theater
set
understudy
grip (techie)
39. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
project
Backstage
Geletin (gel)
soliloquy
40. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
dimmers
dimmers
cut
take stage
41. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
take stage
holding for laughs
mask
pick up cues
42. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
Dress the stage
give
Ad-lib
spotlight
43. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
script
handprops
Dress the stage
tryouts
44. Directors planned movement for the characters
Antagonist
blocking
set piece
timing
45. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
Flexible theater
wings
focus
46. Seating in the auditorium
Blackout
understudy
house
pick up cues
47. Area between the stage and first row of seats
Cue-to-Cue
pit (orchestra pit)
business
color blind casting
48. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
House lights
stage manager
stage directions
critique
49. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
strike
Articulation
House lights
cold reading
50. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
Arena Theater
house
prompt book
Antagonist