Audition Terms
What kind of audition allows anyone to try out, regardless of experience or prior invitation?
What is an Open Audition?
What is a set of three related plays often telling one larger story?
What is a Trilogy?
What type of drama stems from the traditions and tales of the common people?
What is Folk Drama?
In medieval theatre, what were small scenic structures used to represent specific locations?
What are Mansions?
What is a professional photograph of an actor used in auditions?
What is a Headshot?
What type of audition is only open to select individuals, such as those invited or represented by an agent?
What is a Closed Audition?
What are plays written to be read rather than performed?
What is Closet Drama?
What play genre features personified moral attributes (like virtue or vice) teaching moral lessons?
What is a Morality Play?
What refers to a series of medieval plays performed in sequence?
What is a Cycle?
What term describes a challenge a character must overcome in a scene or play?
What is an Obstacle?
What kind of audition requires actors to bring a memorized monologue or scene?
What is a Prepared Audition?
What are religious plays based on the lives of saints?
What is a Saint Play?
What are short plays with moral messages, often performed in between other entertainment?
What are Moral Interludes?
What is the term for a stage that slopes upward away from the audience?
What is Raked?
What document lists an actor’s experience, training, and roles played?
What is an Acting Resume?
What audition type involves reading directly from a script?
What is a Textual Tryout?
What are plays depicting biblical stories from creation to the last judgment?
What are Mystery Plays?
What is the Italian theatre form using stock characters and improvisation?
What is Commedia dell’arte?
What audition format requires actors to create a performance on the spot, without a script?
What. is Improvisational Audition?
What is the underlying meaning behind a character's words or actions?
What is Subtext?
What is it called when an actor reads a script they've never seen before during an audition?
What is a Cold Reading?
What plays dramatize the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ?
What are Passion Plays?
What traditional Chinese theatre form combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics?
What is Peking Opera?
a video clip that serves as an introduction for an actor or a title card for a program
What is a Slate Video?
What term refers to the strategy a character uses to achieve their objective?
What is a Tactic?