The Stage 1
Curtains separating the stage from the audience
What are the Tabs?
People in the play
What is the cast?
Acting without having planned what to do or say.
What is Ad Libbing?
Exposition
What are the events usually at the beginning of a play which introduces the characters, the setting, and the theme?
The stage area
What is the deck?
The "backstage" or parts of a stage off to the left and right not seen by the audience
What are the wings?
The character or force which opposes the forward motion of the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
The text of the dialogue and stage directions of a play.
What is the Script?
Inciting Incident
What is the single event which triggers the action and begins the ascent to the climax?
Towards the back of the stage; the half of the stage that is farthest from the audience.
What is Upstage?
Where the musicians play, usually directly in front of the stage, often sunken below the seating sections
What is the Orchestra Pit?
The major character whose story the audience follows throughout the play.
An actor's movement around a set.
What is Blocking?
Climax
What is the single event which is the point of the highest emotion and the point at which the protagonist and antagonist come face to face?
The side of the stage on the left when facing the audience.
What is Stage Left?
The area backstage where actors rest before, during and after a show
What is the Greenroom?
An actor familiar with another actor's role so that he or she can substitute in an emergency
What is an understudy?
An extended set of lines spoken by one person either directly addressing the audience or another character
What is monologue?
Theme
What is the meaning or purpose of the play as shown by the plot and the protagonist journey?
The seating section of the theatre, the people in the theatre and/or the audience.
What is the House?
The boundary between the stage and the audience in a conventional theatre; it appears to form an arch over the stage from the audience's point of view
What is the Proscenium?
Who creates the play and characters
What is a Playwright?
The time at which each individual actor is expected to be at the theater
What is Call Time?
The Resolution
What is denouement?
An imaginary surface at the edge of the stage through which the audience watches a performance (If a character speaks directly to the audience or walks on/off the stage, this is known as “Breaking the _______ _____”)
What is the Fourth Wall?