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A male or female person who performs a role in a play, work of theatre, or movie
What is an Actor/Actress
A Personality or role an actor/actress re-creates
What is a Character
A theatrical work that is intentionally humorous
What is Comedy
A signal, either verbal or physical, that indicates something else, such as a line of the dialogue or an entrance, is to happen
What is Cue
The final few rehearsals just prior to opening night in which the show is run with full technical elements. Full Costumes and makeup are worn.
What is Dress Rehearsals
A person or a situation that opposes another character's goals or desires.
What is Antagonist.
The Development and portrayal of a personality through thought, action, dialogue, costuming, and makeup
What is Characterization
What is Conflict
The conversation between actors onstage
What is Dialogue
The theatre of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and often extended to the close of the theatre in 1640
What is Elizabethan Theatre
The clear and precise pronunciation of words.
What is Articulation.
The point of greatest dramatic tension or transition in a theatrical work
What is Climax
Clothing worn by an actor on stage during a performance
What is Costume
The art and technique of bringing the elements of theatre together to make a play
What is Directing
Detailed information revealing the facts of a plot
What is Exposition
The planning and working out of the movements of actors on stage.
What is Blocking.
A reading of a script done by actors who have not previously reviewed the play
What is Cold Reading
A decisive point in the plot of a play on which the outcome of the remaining actions depends
What is Crisis
The person who oversees the entire process of staging a production
What is Director
A comedy with exaggerated characterizations, abundant physical or visual humor, and often, an improbable plot
What is Farce
The center of the area defined as the stage.
What is Center Stage
Two or more people working together in a joint intellectual effort
What is Collaboration
Opinions and comments based on predetermined criteria that may be used for self-evaluation or the evaluation of the actors or the production itself
What is Critique
The stage area toward the audience
An expressive movement of the body or limbs
What is Gesture