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Actors Workshop Vocab
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Subject
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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. Seating in the auditorium
house
Aesthetics
quick study
break character
2. Loose weave curtain on battens used for 'visions' and 'flashbacks' etc opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from the back
stealing the scene
trap
scrim
places
3. Change scenery
exit
shift
handprops
house
4. Center attention on OR center light beam on
focus
topping
shift
dimmers
5. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
color blind casting
give
pantomime
cheat
6. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
walk on
properties (props)
theme
pantomime
7. To cover something from audience view
cue
Apron
cover
mask
8. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
protagonist
cheat
levels
give
9. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
understudy
exit
break character
blocking
10. Run through of all the technical aspects without the actors
break character
Dry tech
topping
mask
11. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
holding for laughs
Dress the stage
Cue-to-Cue
give
12. Taking audience attention away from the proper focal point
share
stealing the scene
break character
raked house
13. Bodily movement and expression without dialogue
dark
shift
pantomime
cue
14. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
Aside
cross
Backstage
Geletin (gel)
15. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
Flat
Cue-to-Cue
mask
countercross
16. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
stage manager
Apron
Dress the stage
run
17. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
Backdrop
pit (orchestra pit)
properties (props)
fly rail
18. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
motivate
run
trap
Backdrop
19. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
greenroom
Blackout
Cyclorama (cyc)
script
20. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
wings
dark
holding for laughs
run
21. Usually canvas covered wooden frame used for scenery
Flat
Apron
levels
Ad-lib
22. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
give
thrust stage
script
set piece
23. Foundation color used for stage make up
share
royalty
set
base
24. And invitation to an actor to return for a second audition
mask
stealing the scene
callback
Ad-lib
25. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
Open up
cold reading
Backstage
topping
26. The director's technical liaison backstage during rehearsals and performances
scrim
take stage
set piece
stage manager
27. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
Apron
Backstage
set
floodlights
28. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
Blackout
fly rail
teaser
cheat
29. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
take stage
Dress the stage
Aside
Geletin (gel)
30. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
topping
places
wings
scoop
31. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
stealing the scene
grip (techie)
timing
topping
32. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
share
greenroom
cue
blocking
33. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
spotlight
Cue-to-Cue
color blind casting
handprops
34. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
Articulation
scrim
share
35. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
house
set
plot
places
36. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
Articulation
royalty
theme
spotlight
37. 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
dimmers
critique
Apron
stage directions
38. Words spoken by a character to the audience. The other character supposedly don't hear the speech
Cue-to-Cue
color blind casting
Aside
cross
39. Length of stage engagement for a performance
teaser
run
project
House lights
40. Main character that opposes the protagonist
quick study
Antagonist
fourth wall
Flat
41. To cover something from audience view
teaser
protagonist
Flexible theater
mask
42. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
stage directions
thrust stage
exit
break character
43. Actor's lounge backstage
take stage
script
blocking
greenroom
44. Center attention on OR center light beam on
focus
Flat
color blind casting
script
45. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
pantomime
timing
teaser
mask
46. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
dark
focus
gesture
levels
47. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
Articulation
grip (techie)
plot
dark
48. Permanent framed opening through which the audience sees the play
proscenium
dimmers
set
Flat
49. Seating in the auditorium
house
pantomime
cover
House lights
50. To exceed the tempo and pitch of the previous speech
topping
plot
critique
protagonist