Play Parts
The written text of a play.
What is a script?
The area of the stage closest to the audience.
What is Downstage?
The sequence of events that immediately follows the climax of a story, where the dramatic tension de-escalates and loose ends are tied up.
What is Falling Action?
A spontaneous style of theatre using unrehearsed and unscripted acting scenes is called...?
Improvisation
The person who writes a play.
What is a Playwright?
Stage direction that means moving to the left from the actor's perspective.
What is Stage Left?
The sequence of events in a story that build tension, raise the stakes, and propel the plot toward the climax.
What is Rising Action?
A character's inner drive that causes them to act a certain way.
What is Motivation?
A speech made by 1 person.
What is a Monologue?
Stage direction that means moving to the right from the actor's perspective.
What is Stage Right?
The part of the Plot that sets up the story, introducing the characters and the setting.
What is Exposition?
Type of play that is intended to make the audience laugh.
What is Comedy?
Stage direction that means moving towards the middle of the stage.
What is Center Stage?
An event that disrupts the characters and sets the story towards the Climax.
What is Inciting Incident?
The carefully structured sequence of events, actions, and character revelations that make up a play's narrative.
What is Plot?
Stage direction that means moving to the part of the stage further away from the audience.
What is Upstage?
The most intense, exciting, or highest point of the play.
What is Climax?