Voice
An actor is doing this when they can be heard on stage.
Projecting (Projection)
The middle area of the stage.
Center Stage
The area in which all acting occurs and the play is performed.
Stage
One of the oldest forms of theatre - the dramatic art of representing life through expressive movements of the body and face.
Mime
The words a character speaks.
Dialogue
An actor is doing this when they can be understood on stage.
Articulating (Articulation)
Downstage
The area where the audience sits.
House
Refers to the mimed dramatic sketch as a whole.
Pantomime
The all capital name at the beginning of dialogue which tells us which character is speaking.
Character Name
This muscle in the stomach is responsible for human breath.
From the actors perspective, this is the furthest point away from the audience.
Upstage
The off stage area of the stage which is directly behind the acting field.
Back stage
How body positioning and movement reflect thoughts and feelings.
Body Language
The two way we divide plays into sections like chapters in a book.
Act and Scene
Articulation uses these parts of the mouth.
Teeth, lips, and tongue
From the actors perspective, this is the furthest right part of the stage.
Stage Right
The offstage part of the stage that is to the left and right of the acting field.
Wings
The vertical areas which can be used in variety to create stage pictures.
Levels
The person who wrote the play or musical.
The activity done before a warm up or performance to ready the voice.
Warm Up
From the actors perspective, this is the furthest left part of the stage.
Stage Left
The large frame-like part of the stage that is used to create the fourth wall.
Proscenium Arch
The horizontal areas which can be used in variety to create stage pictures.
Plains
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Colon