Directing terms
Rehearsal Terms
Actor terms
Terms
Earlier Stuff
100

Board where you place important information

Call board

100

A show with singing and dancing

Musical

100

The end of the show where the audience applauds for the actors

Curtain call

100

Pace

The speed of something

100

Art, according to Hanson

A way of expressing yourself

200

People in the play

Cast

200

Literal meaning

No subtext.  Exact meaning.

200

Characters history in the play

Backstory

200

Pattern of movement or speech

Rhythm

200

Thrust stage

Audience on 3 sides

300

Concept

Overall theory or belief

300

Interprete

To give something meaning

300

To make up lines

Improv/improvisation

300

Director's thoughts given to actors and crew

Notes

300

Found space

Perform anywhere

400

A quick unit in time

Beat

400

Blocking

Stage movement

400

Staggering heights

Levels

400

Motivation

What the character wants

400

Performance art

Theatre, choir, band

500

Underlying meaning 

Subtext

500

Run through

Full performance without stopping

500

Person that fills in for actors if they have to miss a performance

Understudy

500

Super objective

Main goal

500

Happenings

Unrehearsed movements

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