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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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1. 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
Apron
blocking
scoop
soliloquy
2. Movement of separate parts of the body - such as waving an arm or shrugging a shoulder
grip (techie)
thrust stage
gesture
Open up
3. The clear and precise pronunciation of words
project
understudy
color blind casting
Articulation
4. Section of the stage floor between the footlights and the curtain
Apron
share
greenroom
teaser
5. Properties carried on stage by the actors during the play
handprops
mask
theme
Antagonist
6. Platforms or a body position of carious heights
share
motivate
Open up
levels
7. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
work lights
script
trap
walk on
8. Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
Flat
scrim
cut
royalty
9. To give lines and movement at the exact - effective moment
Ad-lib
cross
theme
timing
10. To capture audience attention legitimate as opposed to gove or share
take stage
stage manager
run through
properties (props)
11. Throw focus on the important character in a scene
give
pick up cues
royalty
fourth wall
12. Deleten OR a command to stop action and dialogue
cut
work lights
scrim
blocking
13. All the stage lights going off simultaneously
pick up cues
shift
Blackout
focus
14. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
batten
understudy
quick study
pit (orchestra pit)
15. Auditions for parts in a play
set
script
tryouts
Backstage
16. Last words or action of one actor that immediately precede another actor's speech OR a signal for light changes - curtains - etc.
stage directions
script
Dress the stage
cue
17. Foundation color used for stage make up
cut
pantomime
base
strike
18. Main character that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
plot
Flexible theater
scrim
19. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
motivate
cheat
raked house
House lights
20. Set furnishings - including furniture - pictures - ornaments - drapes etc
walk on
run
properties (props)
pick up cues
21. To create dialogue or movement off the top of your head - without a script
Ad-lib
topping
Blackout
scrim
22. To play toward the audience
pantomime
Backstage
Open up
Blackout
23. Painted curtain without folds - hung from battens
Backdrop
Open up
Dress the stage
grip (techie)
24. Auditorium lights used before and after the play and during intermission
House lights
Antagonist
break character
tryouts
25. Slanted floor - allowing each row of the audience to see over the heads of those in front
focus
teaser
raked house
motivate
26. Area behind scenery not visible to the audience
critique
Ad-lib
exit
Backstage
27. Directors planned movement for the characters
set
raked house
Flexible theater
blocking
28. Stage crew member who shifts scenery
focus
grip (techie)
levels
callback
29. Lights without lenses used for blending and toning
floodlights
Articulation
set piece
Dress the stage
30. Sequence of events in a play OR production plan of backstage items such as a light plot or costume plot
work lights
mask
soliloquy
plot
31. Seats can be arranged for proscenium - arena - or thrust staging
Flexible theater
topping
break character
strike
32. Unit to control the intensity of lights
proscenium
pit (orchestra pit)
dimmers
Flexible theater
33. Horizontal pipe suspended over the stage - from which scenery - lights - and curtains are hung
business
batten
properties (props)
business
34. Off stage to right and left of the acting area
motivate
wings
teaser
pantomime
35. To assume a position of equal dramatic importance with another actor
break character
focus
share
Apron
36. To cover something from audience view
Cue-to-Cue
business
mask
Aside
37. Contains script - blocking notations - warnings -crew charts - and other information necessary for producing the play
prompt book
Flat
understudy
fly rail
38. Actor's lounge backstage
Dry tech
greenroom
Aside
fly rail
39. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition
motivate
cut
cold reading
cheat
40. To have a specific reason for saying or doing something - to show character;s desires through voice and movement
motivate
stealing the scene
script
places
41. Three dimensional scenery piece which stands by itself - such as a rock
set piece
Blackout
stage directions
cut
42. A part where the actor walks on and off the stage without having any line to say
walk on
Open up
pit (orchestra pit)
grip (techie)
43. Warning for actors to assume their position on stage for the beginning of the scene
Articulation
script
places
Open up
44. When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
blocking
break character
wings
teaser
45. Unit to control the intensity of lights
dimmers
cue
pick up cues
timing
46. A combination of the proscenium and arena stages - with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area
cue
thrust stage
Ad-lib
grip (techie)
47. 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
teaser
thrust stage
Flexible theater
stage directions
48. The days and nights during the run of a show when a performance is not scheduled
dark
teaser
places
trap
49. Directors planned movement for the characters
give
project
places
blocking
50. Lights with beams that can be focused and that are used for specific illumination
spotlight
House lights
teaser
focus