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Theater
To remove a prop, piece, or set
Strike
to be heard throughout the theatre
Projection
To test the costumes under stage lights before the final fitting.
Costume Parade
The craft or act of writing scripts for the stage
Playwriting
Said to actors before performance for luck
Break a Leg
A Theater, church, park, or stadium
Venue
To have no script in hand
Off Book
After audition meeting with a short list of actors
Callback
invisible wall that separates actors from the audience
Fourth Wall
The art form of storytelling
Theatre
An actor in the audience that interacts with the show
Plant
To face towards the audience in a 1/4 stance
Cheat out
On stage three walls & no ceiling.
Box Set
The main idea or lesson to be learned from the play.
Theme
A command from the director where actors “freeze”
Hold
A seat on the ground floor nearest to the stage
Orchestra Seat
Creating pockets between actors on stage
Windows
A bare minimum of set used.
Abstract Stage
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Aside
When an actor physically takes focus from their scene partner
Upstaging
Mezzano (Italian) OR Medianus (Latin)
Mezzanine
an actor moves to open a space for other actor
Counter
The audience’s view of a performance space
Sight Line
a play in which events, plot, and characters show strong emotional reactions from the audience
Melodrama
Named after the Father of Greek Tragedy who won the 1st Dionysian contest in Athens in 534 B.C.
Thespian