Stage Directions
This is when the actor becomes visible to the audience
What is Entrance?
The part of the stage furthest from the audience
What is Up Stage?
No matter what, the actor must always do this to be heard
What is Project?
This position is also known as "cheating out"
What is One Quarter?
When the actor is "Scoring" their script they are writing this next to their lines:
What is Subtext?
When an actor moves from one side of the stage to the other
What is Cross?
This is used for the actors to cross from one side of the stage to the other without the audience seeing them
What is the Crossover?
What is Pick Up Cues?
This is when the actor fully faces the audience
What is Full Front?
When the Actor is supposed to command the scene it's called this:
What is Taking Stage?
If a director wants an actor to go off-stage, they say this:
What is Exit?
The place where the actors go to get into costume
What is the Dressing room?
A person's natural body language and facial expressions are also known as:
When the actor faces entirely upstage with back to audience
What is Full back?
The circumstances about the character's situation, history, and current conditions:
What is Given Circumstances?
When one actor moves to one side, another does this to balance it
What is Countercross?
Rights before their entrance the actor will stand here and not be seen by the audience
What is the Wing?
Pitch, Intensity, and Speed are all examples of this
What is Vocal Variety?
The position when an actor faces either stage right or left
What is Profile?
Begging, being charming, bullying, teasing, and striking a deal are all examples of:
What are Tactics?
The physical movements of an actor during a play
What is Blocking?
The location the actors will relax when not needed on stage
What is the Greenroom?
Flipping through a book while on stage is an example of this:
What is Stage Business?
The position when the actor faces the upstage corner
What is three quarter?
Using empathy and imagination to see the world from your character's perspective:
What is the Magic If?