Stage Stuff
What is a costume?
What is dialogue?
Showing emotion with your face
What is facial expression?
The specific role/person or entity portrayed by an actor or actress
What is a character?
Instead of "good luck", actors traditionally use this phrase to wish each other a good performance
What is "Break a leg"?
What is a scene?
Using a big voice so that you can be clearly heard by everyone in a space
What is projection?
Modifying an actor's stance to better show their face and so they can be heard clearly
What is cheating out?
What is a gesture?
This is the nickname of the awards given at the Academy Awards
What are the Oscars?
Objects used by the actors in a performance
What are props?
Using a clear voice/pronouncing words properly so everyone watching and listening can understand
What is diction?
Things a character will do or say to get what they want
Someone who writes plays
What is a playwright?
The person who gives actors notes/instructions, organizes the crew, and delegates jobs in the theater
Who is the director?
A place where people to go see live performances
What is a theater?
A speech given by one actor, often sharing inner thoughts or observations
What is a monologue?
Something that stands in a character's way or prevents them from achieving their goal
What is an obstacle?
Creating a script/story on the spot (without rehearsal)
What is improvisation?
When a character of the story "notices" an audience and communicates directly with them, they break this imaginary object between them and the audience
What is the fourth wall?
What is an ensemble?
Two or more people working together
What a character wants in a story
What is an objective?
What happens during a play/story
What is the plot?
What is James and the Giant Peach?