A time when all lights are out or the theater is closed.
What is Dark
100
What the play as a piece of art is trying to say to the audience.
What is Theme/Message/Purpose/Moral:
100
A story or action performed with out words relying on body language.
What is Pantomime
100
The imaginary line across the stage floor which follows the line of the front curtain.
What is Curtain Line
100
Readings before a director to determine casting of a play.
What is Auditions
200
Person responsible for the physical set up, actors, and technical cues of a production as it is performed.
What is Stage Manager
200
An organizational division in scripts.
What is Act
200
The actors ability to be understood by the audience.
What is Diction
200
The areas to the left and right of the stage out of view to the audience. A part of the backstage area.
What is Wings
200
The carefully choreographed appearance of actors on stage after the performance to acknowledge the applause of the audience.
What is Curtain Call/Bows:
300
A term used meaning “to hide.” Also, a covering for an actors face that disguises or changes their
character. often made out of leather, plastic or paper maché.
What is Mask
300
The series of events following the initial incident. How the story builds towards its climax.
What is Rising Action
300
Small actions such as smoking, using a fan, pouring a drink, etc. Used to fill time, create character, and sometimes to make the action “more realistic.”
What is Stage Business
300
The are above the stage where curtains and set pieces are stored and hidden during a production.
What is Fly Loft
300
A direction given to all actors, musicians, and technicians to leave the stage area prior to the
beginning of a play.
What is Clear the Stage
400
Muslin or plywood covered frames used to build the walls of a stage setting.
What is Flats
400
The story of the play as the curtain rises.
What is Preliminary Situation:
400
To increase the tempo or volume or both to reach a climax in a scene.
What is build
400
A large, usually white, curtain that is lit to create setting and masks the back of the stage behind the set.
What is Cyclorama
400
An additional audition for the final actors being considered. Similar to semifinals in sports.
What is Call Backs
500
Small hand held items used by actors to create the period, character or setting.
What is Props
500
The first most important event in a play from which the rest of the play develops.
What is Initial Incident
500
The actors ability to be heard by the audience.
What is Volume or Projection
500
An arched opening through which the audience sees the stage. Also a style of theater with the audience seated predominantly in front of the stage.
What is Proscenium
500
Taking down, changing out and putting away costumes, props and sets after a production.