Careers in Theatre
This person is responsible to the overall vision of the play.
What is the director?
When you move towards the audience.
What is downstage?
This is what the actor's character is working towards when performing a monologue.
What is their objective?
Actors have this with each other when working together and taking risks.
What is trust?
A frozen picture that is created with only body shapes.
What is a tableau?
This person secures the financial backing for a play or film.
What is a producer?
When you move away from the audience.
What is upstage?
A skill that is used to learn and recite the lines of a character.
What is memorization?
Discussing ideas among a group to clarify ideas and expectations.
What is communication?
The smallest division of action in a play.
What is a beat?
This person is in charge of creating a plan for the set of the production.
What is a set designer?
What is the actor?
The reason behind a character's specific action or behavior.
What is motivation?
When working together as a group to create something you must know how to do this.
What is collaborate?
When acting, the understanding of who you are speaking to and how you know them.
What is character relationship?
This person makes sure that all things run smoothly DURING the live production.
What is the Stage Manager?
This body position is when you are facing the back of the stage.
What is full back?
The point where the protagonist commits to achieving his or her goals.
What is the moment of engagement?
Understanding how to behave in a theatre as a spectator.
What is audience etiquette?
The main character in a story.
What is a protagonist?
These two people are responsible for making sure the actors can be seen and heard throughout the play.
What are the lighting and sound designers?
This body position is when you are facing directly stage left.
What is profile left?
The moment a character must reach that makes turning back impossible or dangerous.
What is the point of no return?
What is an ensemble?
Acting out a scene with only body movements.
What is pantomime?