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Rehearsal Process
Audition Process
Actor Jargon
Wild Card
100
The backbone of a play, containing the play script marked with cues
What is the promptbook?
100
The first rehearsal, sets the tone for the production.
What is the reading rehearsal?
100
a tryout for professional nonunion actors, or, in high school, for the entire student body.
What is an open audition?
100
Theater jargon for rehearsing without scripts.
What is off book?
100
A tryout for a position in a play.
What is an audition?
200
A document that contains work and educational experience.
What is a resume?
200
The rehearsal in which movement and stage business is set.
What is a blocking rehearsal?
200
A tryout in which scenes must be ad-libbed around an assigned character and situation.
What is an improvised audition?
200
The appearance of a play's entire cast onstage in response to applause from the audience.
What is a curtain call?
200
A second-round audition; only those considered for parts will be present.
What is a callback?
300
An overhead diagram of the stage that helps the director plan onstage actions and movements.
What is the floor plan?
300
The rehearsal in which words and actions are combined.
What is a working rehearsal?
300
A tryout using rehearsed, memorized material.
What is a prepared audition?
300
The overall blending of tempo, action, and dialogue.
What is rhythm?
300
Choosing of the actors for a play by the director.
What is casting?
400
The list of dates and times of practices.
What is the rehearsal schedule?
400
The rehearsal in which all parts of the play are brought together so that flaws can be worked out.
What is the polishing rehearsal?
400
A tryout for only professional union actors, or, high school, for only certain students.
What is a closed audition?
400
Found in the promptbook, this advises on an upcoming entrance, sound effect, or lighting change.
What is a warn cue?
400
A tryout in which an actor uses material from a script with which he or she is familiar.
What is a textual tryout?
500
A set of pictures from previous performances; actors should carry one with their resumes.
What is a portfolio?
500
The final uninterrupted rehearsal performed with costumes and props.
What is the dress rehearsal?
500
A tryout in which unfamiliar material is read.
What is a cold reading?
500
Adding words before or after difficult ones in the script in order to make memorization easier.
What is bridging?
500
The rehearsal in which lighting, scenery, and props are used to ensure that everything goes smoothly.
What is a technical rehearsal?
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