Director Vocab
The fee paid to produce a play.
Royalty
The beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.
Exposition
Plays are categorized according to type.
Genre
Coordination of actors’ movement onstage.
Blocking
A play with serious subject matter.
Drama
Complications and discoveries which create conflict.
Rising Action
A top-view drawing of the floor plan of a set, usually in scale.
Ground Plan
The event that sets into motion the action of a plot.
Inciting Incident
The structure of the play.
Plot
Height of an actor’s position onstage.
Level
The final resolution of the conflict in a plot.
Denouement/Resolution
The person, situation or inner conflict in opposition to the main character’s goal.
Antagonist
(Verb) Bring to life on stage.
Stage
The generally accepted practices of theatre that affect time, setting, visual elements, genre, and style.
Conventions
The character with whom the audience identifies most strongly with.
Protagonist