Actions
Objects
Types of productions
Events/Etc.
Locations/people
100
Making up what you will say or do on the spur of the moment
What is improvisation?
100
A piece of colored plastic used to change a light's color.
What is a gel?
100
A play with funny situations.
What is a comedy?
100
The stage lights are turned off, usually to change scenes.
What is a blackout?
100
The part of the auditorium where the audience sits.
What is the house?
200
Using only body and facial movements
What is pantomime?
200
The lines and directions of a play.
What is a script?
200
A serious play where characters encounter problems or danger.
What is a drama?
200
A rehearsal that includes costumes, lights, makeup, and sound.
What is a dress rehearsal?
200
Toward the part of the stage away from the audience.
What is upstage?
300
Planning the movements that will happen onstage.
What is blocking?
300
Items used in a play such as cups, swords, books, etc. (props for short)
What are properties?
300
A rehearsal that includes costumes, lights, makeup, and sound.
What is a dress rehearsal?
300
A signal for something to happen such as previous lines, a sound, etc.
What is a cue?
300
Toward the part of the stage nearest the audience.
What is downstage?
400
Conversation between 2 or more people.
What is dialogue?
400
Cloth that can be opaque or partially transparent, depending on the lighting.
What is a scrim?
400
An actor speaks alone.
What is a monologue?
400
Highness or lowness of sound.
What is pitch?
400
A person who sits offstage and prompts the actor if the line is forgotten.
What is a prompter?
500
The way an actor plays the part, including voice, facial expressions, posture, etc.
What is characterization?
500
A type of stage that resembles an open box.
What is a proscenium?
500
A production which includes singing and often, dancing. These are often performed on Broadway.
What is a musical?
500
The form of a language spoken in a certain geographic area.
What is dialect?
500
The group of individuals who create and run the sets.
What is the set crew?
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