Stage Terms
Acting/script terms
Movement Terms
Stage Terms Double
Acting/Script Terms Double
100
The audience sitting area.
What is House
100
Rate of a performance and speed at which the lines are being delivered.
What is pacing
100
The actor looks at something or someone, then looks away, then looks back and realizes what he has seen or heard.
What is Double Take
100
The part of the stage that holds the greatest focus.
What is centre stage.
100
A scene created without a script.
What is improvisation
200
The parts of the theatre used by the audience
What is Front of house
200

Actor's technique for making their voice clear to all parts of the the theatre.

What is projection

200
To move upstage behind a person or prop.
What is cross above
200
Imaginary line down the centre of the stage from upstage to downstage.
What is centre line.
200
A sketch or drawing of the set which helps plan out how the dramatic action will be illustrated.
What is ground plan
300
The leaving of the acting area by an actor
What is exit
300
To increase the loudness, rate, energy of a line, speech, scene or song in order to reach a climax.
What is build
300

To move downstage in front of a person or prop.

What is Cross below

300
The area of the stage in front of the curtain line.
What is apron.
300
An actor reads from a script without any preparation.
What is cold read
400
The area behind the set or a backdrop that is not seen from the audience.
What is backstage
400
A scene with little movement and no drive; to be avoided at all costs.
What is static scene
400
To cross toward the centre of the stage.
What is Move in
400
A curtain used for masking.
What is drape
400
The goal towards which the character is trying to achieve.
What is objective.
500
A room backstage where actors wait for their entrance cues
What is green room
500
Notes added to the script of a play by the playwright in italics that provide how a line could be read, business, blocking, or effects.
What is Stage directions.
500
To cross away from the centre of the stage.
What is move out
500
The side areas of the stage often used for entrances and exits.
What is wings
500
The continuous conflict between characters of clash of forces in a play.
What is dramatic action
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