All the world is a stage...
...and we are merely players
Lips, teeth, tip of the tongue
Make believe
Commands
100
The stage pictured here.
What is Proscenium Stage?
100
Planning and working out the movements and stage grouping for a play.
What is blocking?
100
The rising and falling of pitch.
What is inflection?
100
Losing concentration, or dialogue/behavior inconsistent with the part you are creating.
What is breaking character?
100
A verbal command for starting or ending a scene.
What is "curtain"?
200
The stage pictured here.
What is arena stage?
200
The dialogue, sounds, movement or business signaling an actor or technician to respond as rehearsed.
What are cues?
200
The placement and delivery of voice elements used effectively in communicating to an audience.
What is projection?
200
The problem or obstacle a character must overcome.
What is conflict?
200
A verbal command for when someone is lost.
What is "line"?
300
A stage that has seating on three sides.
What is thrust stage?
300
Small movements and actions that do not require the actor to move from place to place.
What is business?
300
A pronunciation of words from different languages blended together to form a distinct language for a group of people.
What is dialect?
300
Trying on the role of others, or assuming the part of another person in society.
What is role-playing?
300
When a director tells someone to move to the audience's left, it is what direction to the actor?
What is stage right?
400
The curtain that falls to separate the audience from the stage.
What is Grand Drape?
400
The actual head height or an actor as determined by his or her body position.
What is level?
400
A person's pronunciation of words, choice of words, and manner in which the person expresses himself or herself.
What is diction?
400
A short situation to be acted out.
What is scene?
400
When a director tells the actor to move towards the audience, they are moving to this on stage.
What is downstage?
500
The part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch towards the audience.
What is apron?
500
Imaginary divisions giving depth to the proscenium stage.
What are planes?
500
The process of varying inflections of the voice.
What is flexibility?
500
A form of improvisational theatre that began during the Renaissance, in early sixteenth century.
What is Commedia dell'arte?
500
A verbal command given by the director to stop the dialogue and movement in a scene.
What is "freeze"?