Acting
Having one foot towards your partner and the other towards the audience in a scene.
Cheating out.
You are standing center stage then move to your left, where are you now?
Stage left.
Colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel and when viewed together they are aesthetically pleasing.
Analogous Colors.
what do we call the Shakespeare play you cannot name in the theater.
The Scottish Play
This is what actors do when they create a dramatic scene spontaneously, without planning.
Improv.
What is blocking?
The movement or choreography you perform on stage.
When writing a script, what does italicize text mean?
Stage directions.
Areas to the right and left of the stage
wings
You do not say "GOOD LUCK" to an actor you say...
Break a leg
The words that are spoken in a play; a conversation between 2 or more characters.
Dialogue
You must____________your voice so the audience can hear you.
On the stage, the area closet to the audience is___________and the area furthest away from the audience is_________________.
Downstage and upstage.
The furniture on stage is called the...
set
The light left on when everyone has left the theater
Ghost light
All the people that participate in the making of a play.
The actor who learns the part JUST IN CASE
understudy/swing
What is the structure that we use for stories? Name all of its parts.
Plot diagram: Exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Things you hold in your hand while acting are....
props
Having a bad final dress rehearsal means...
having a good show/ opening night.
Speech performed by one actor.
Monologue
When you have memorized your lines and you can rehearse without a script
off book.
What is the arch around the stage called?
Proscenium.
All the people who help back stage.
Crew.
Whistling backstage in the theater is ...
Bad luck.
This specific kind of monologue is a dramatic speech by one character in which the character reveals his/her private, inner-most thoughts.
Soliloquy