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Actors Workshop Vocab
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
soliloquy
callback
give
raked house
2. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Fresnel
soliloquy
timing
grip (techie)
3. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
cross
raked house
plot
Dress the stage
4. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
royalty
Flexible theater
understudy
5. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
cue
cover
Aside
work lights
6. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
trap
dark
fourth wall
Aside
7. A rehearsal where actors run from one technical cue to the next - without dialogue in between. This is done for the technical crew
run
script
mask
Cue-to-Cue
8. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
Fresnel
House lights
Flat
pit (orchestra pit)
9. Seating in the auditorium
Fresnel
Antagonist
script
house
10. Transparent colored medium used in front of stage lights
Geletin (gel)
critique
cross
Backstage
11. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
Cyclorama (cyc)
break character
Backdrop
focus
12. Actor Who is able to play a given role in an emergency
scoop
understudy
plot
run
13. Imaginary wall between stage and audience
greenroom
fourth wall
shift
Aside
14. To quickly begin a speech without allowing a pause between the first words of the speech and the cue.
fly rail
cover
base
pick up cues
15. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
wings
pit (orchestra pit)
floodlights
soliloquy
16. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
grip (techie)
pantomime
cover
batten
17. To hide an unplanned instance on stage from the audience
floodlights
cover
pick up cues
business
18. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
Ad-lib
tryouts
batten
handprops
19. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
cover
Flexible theater
plot
Ad-lib
20. Opening in the stage floor that permits the actors to enter from beneath the floor or to exit beneath it
run through
trap
thrust stage
royalty
21. Change scenery
stage directions
shift
plot
Articulation
22. Length of stage engagement for a performance
timing
run
business
stealing the scene
23. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
Dress the stage
Geletin (gel)
grip (techie)
teaser
24. Overhead curtain to mask the first border of lights and to regulate the height of the proscenium opening
trap
house
Backdrop
teaser
25. Take down set and props after the show's final performance
batten
shift
strike
Backstage
26. 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
critique
dark
pick up cues
27. Basic idea of the play that gives unity to all elements
topping
spotlight
theme
greenroom
28. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
break character
scrim
thrust stage
29. 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
Aesthetics
run through
stage directions
soliloquy
30. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
prompt book
stealing the scene
Blackout
Dry tech
31. Scenery OR establish definite movements and lines
House lights
Backdrop
countercross
set
32. Spot light with a fresnel lens that throws an efficient and soft beam...Jung from the teaser batten to light upstage areas
focus
Fresnel
color blind casting
cue
33. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
places
cue
cold reading
cross
34. Staging with the audience sitting on all sides of the playing area
Arena Theater
Fresnel
soliloquy
Cyclorama (cyc)
35. Waiting for the audiences laughter to stop before continuing dialogue
dimmers
fly rail
holding for laughs
cold reading
36. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
dark
exit
focus
blocking
37. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
royalty
batten
grip (techie)
holding for laughs
38. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
Antagonist
motivate
House lights
Flexible theater
39. A floodlight with an ellipsoidal reflector - can be hung from battens
scoop
break character
cue
cheat
40. 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
floodlights
cover
Apron
41. To play toward the audience while seemingly conversing with the others on stage
dark
Apron
wings
cheat
42. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Dry tech
base
Flexible theater
theme
43. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
gesture
prompt book
fourth wall
Geletin (gel)
44. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
gesture
shift
Arena Theater
Apron
45. Center attention on OR center light beam on
give
focus
motivate
countercross
46. Keep the stage picture balanced OR decorations used to provide authenticity to the set and fill space
shift
Dress the stage
give
set piece
47. Change scenery
stealing the scene
Flat
shift
scrim
48. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
understudy
walk on
give
cross
49. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
dimmers
timing
greenroom
floodlights
50. Direction for an actor to leave the stage....opposite of :enter'
plot
exit
Backdrop
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