To make up words or dialogue on the spot, to speak at liberty.
Ad-Lib
100
The middle point of the performance space, symbolized by CS in blocking notes.
Center Stage
100
The final rehearsal(s) of a play before it opens to the public; utilizing all costumes, props, lighting , sound, and set changes.
Dress Rehearsal
100
What is improv?
A type of acting done without a script, rehearsals, costumes, sets, etc.
100
Improv actors must be good _____________.
Listeners
200
For an actor to speak directly to the audience
Aside
200
A body position for the stage wherein the actor faces more towards the audience.
Cheat Out
200
A command called out by a director during which the actors must hold their stage positions or take a pause in the action of the scene.
Hold
200
What are the three most important parts to an improv scene?
The beginning, The middle, The end
200
What is the type of improv that we played in class?
Short-Form Improv Games
300
Stage directions and movements given to an actor by the script or the director.
Blocking
300
A first look at the script, seeking an actor’s interpretation of the text, without rehearsing first; used at an audition.
Cold Reading
300
Selections taken from a script used for an actor to read a scene aloud (usually at an audition for a cold reading).
Sides
300
Give me two of the rules of improv we talked about in class.
Never try to be ____________
Keep the scene ________ not ____________
Always say ______ ______
funny
positive, negative
yes, and
300
What is scene-based improvisation that can often go for as long as an hour?
Longform Improv
400
The time one must be at the Theatre.
Call
400
To move from one point of the stage to another. Symbolized by an X in blocking notation.
Cross
400
What is the name of the improv training center started in Chicago where notable comedians/Saturday Night Live actors have graduated from?
Second City
400
What should be created almost immediately between the characters in an improv scene?
The conflict
400
Who is the mother of modern improv?
Viola Spolin
500
A second, more specific audition where a director looks closer at given actors.
Callback
500
A signal or line that prompts the next action or stage direction during a performance.
Cue
500
What is the name of the improv company currently taking over dominance as the highest level of improv education one can obtain in the US?
Upright Citizen's Brigade
500
What are two good questions you may ask yourself to define your character before entering a scene?
How do I walk and talk? How old am I? Do I have any odd habits?
500
What is the theatrical tradition that improv pulls from often including stock characters?