Skibidi 1
A line spoken directly to the audience
What is Aside?
A tryout open only to union members.
What is Closed Audition?
To stop action.
What is Cut?
A speech by a single actor
What is a Monologue?
The control of the volume and quality of the voice so that it can be heard clearly by everyone in an audience
What is Projection?
A tryout during which an actor uses material never seen before.
What is Cold Reading?
To move from one position to another on stage
What is Cross?
An uninterrupted rehearsal with costumes and props
What is Dress Rehearsal?
The reason behind a character’s behavior
What is Motivation?
A form of theater in which plays are read to an audience from a script and brought to life by the readers’ voices, facial expressions, and controlled movement
Readers' Theater
Movement and groupings on the stage
What is blocking?
A stage signal.
What is a Cue?
The imaginary wall through which the audience watches the action of the play.
What is Fourth Wall.
The goal of a character; what the character wants or is striving for in a scene
What is Objectives
Attracting attention from the person to whom the center of interest legitimately belongs.
What is Stealing a Scene?
A stage techinque in which an actor who is facing sideways turns to the audience.
What is Cheat?
Bows at the end of the play.
What is Curtain Calls?
Waiting for an audience to quiet down after a humorous line or scene
What is Holding for Laughs?
Rehearsal without scripts
What is Off book?
To remove an object or objects from the stage
What is Strike?
To improvise stage business or conversation, especially when an actor has missed or forgotten lines and other actors must supply the missing information
What is an Ad-Lib?
Any specific action, other than a change of location. Used to establish atmosphere, reveal character, or explain a situation
What is Business?
The impromptu portrayal of a character or a scene without any rehearsal or preparation
What is Improvisation?
Tryout open to nonunion actors
What is Open Audition
A scene presented by silent, unmoving actors
What is Tableau?