From the Actor's Perspective
Getting the Part
Types of Shows
Parts of a Plot
Performing Space
100

When you are closer to the audience, you are _____

"DOWNSTAGE"

100

To get a part in a play, actors attend these try-outs

"AUDITIONS"

100

A serious play

DRAMA

100

The part of the show that sets up the story

"EXPOSITION"

100

The building where a play is performed is called a

"THEATRE"
200

When you are farther from the audience, you are _____

"UPSTAGE"

200

A one-person script that actors might use to audition is called a

"MONOLOGUE"

200

A funny play

"COMEDY"

200

In the middle, the story builds to a

"CLIMAX"

200

The part of the theatre where the audience sits is called the

"HOUSE"

300

The middle of the stage is called _______

"CENTER STAGE"

300

When actors read from a script they've never read before at an audition, it's called a

"COLD READ"

300

A play with a sad ending

"TRAGEDY"
300

During the rising action, there is some sort of

"CONFLICT"

300

The narrow area between the audience and the stage is called the

"PIT"

400

Why is the depth of the stage described as upstage or downstage?

STAGES WERE ORIGINALLY SLANTED

400

When an actor is asked to come back for a second "tie breaker" audition

"CALL BACKS"

400

A funny play with a sad ending

"TRAGI-COMEDY"

400

After the climax, there is a

"FALLING ACTION"
400

Who sits in the pit?

"MUSICIANS"
500

The side-to-side directions are called

"LEFT" and "RIGHT"
500

A second person assigned to the same role as a backup plan

"UNDERSTUDY"

500

A play that makes fun of something

"FARCE"
500

At the conclusion, there is some type of

"RESOLUTION"

500

A rectangular stage with one side open to the audience; other three sides are backstage is known as a…

"PROSCENIUM"

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