STRUCTURE OF A PLAY
This is the smallest unit of action within a play.
What is a scene?
Using your face, body, and voice to portray a role.
What is acting?
A person portrayed in a drama or story.
What is a character?
A tryout for a role in a play.
What is an audition?
Instructions in the script that tell actors how to move or speak.
What are stage directions?
A major division of a play that often contains several scenes.
What is an act?
Clear pronunciation and word choice when speaking lines.
What is diction?
How an actor develops and presents a character using voice, body, and thought.
What is characterization?
A second audition after the first was successful.
What is a callback?
The area of the stage closest to the audience.
What is downstage?
This term refers to everything that happens onstage during a scene.
What is action?
Acting without a script, created in the moment.
What is improvisation?
The thoughts and feelings a character experiences internally.
What is motivation?
The group of performers selected for a production.
What is the cast?
The practice sessions where actors prepare the play.
What are rehearsals?
This is the written text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions.
What is a script?
The way an actor moves onstage to express meaning.
What is movement (or blocking)?
A character who changes significantly during the play.
What is a dynamic character?
The performer who plays the main role in a play.
What is the lead (or protagonist)?
When actors speak directly to the audience, breaking the “fourth wall.”
What is an aside (or breaking the fourth wall)?
The final section of a play where conflicts are resolved.
What is the resolution?
Staying fully in character even when mistakes happen.
What is concentration (or staying in character)?
A character who opposes the main character.
What is the antagonist?
A list showing which actors play which characters.
What is a cast list?
Everything an actor wears to become a character.
What is a costume?