Theatre People
A person who can act, sing, and dance very well.
What is a Triple Threat?
Part of the stage FURTHEST from the audience.
What is Upstage?
The personality an actor portrays in a play.
What is a Character?
Using your voice to effectively communicate with the audience. (Speaking loudly)
what is Projection?
A play (and a character) written by William Shakespeare.
What/Who is Macbeth?
A famous playwright who lived from 1564-1616.
Who was William Shakespeare?
Part of the stage CLOSEST to the audience.
What is Downstage?
A special type of fabric used in theatre that can be transparent, translucent, or opaque depending on how it’s lit.
What is a Scrim?
The conversation between actors on the stage. (More than one person)
What is Dialogue?
A play we read in class based on a story written by Edgar Allan Poe.
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
A person who writes plays.
What is a playwright?
The part of a theater where the technical aspects (light and sound) are operated.
What is The Booth?
A story in dialogue form written to be acted out before a live audience.
What is a Play?
Using emotions/feelings when speaking/acting.
What is Expression?
A covering worn on part or all of the face. Historically used in rituals and ceremonies as well as theatre.
What is a Mask?
Males or females playing character roles.
What are Actors?
Part of the theater where the audience sits.
What is the House?
A request for an actor to freeze in place during rehearsal to adjust technical elements such as props or lighting.
What is a Hold?
A work/speech written to be spoken by one person or character.
What is a Monologue?
A sequence of words or sounds that are difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly.
What is a Tongue Twister?
An understudy who learns multiple roles in the ensemble.
What is a Swing?
A light that is left on stage when the theater is not in use.
What is the Ghost Light?
A play in which singing and dancing play an essential part to advance the storyline.
What is a Musical?
The pronunciation of a person’s words.
What is Diction?
A written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.
What is a Script?