Acting Vocabulary
Theater Terms
Theater Terms Starting with C
Movies Based Off of Books
Musical Trivia
100

Moving back on the stage. (Further back on the stage).

What is Upstage.

100

Your cast is your...

What is Family.

100

A signal to another actor to begin their line or an action.

What is a cue.

100

Characters include: Hermione and Ron.

What is Harry Potter.

100

The name Annie's dog in the musical Annie.

What is Sandy.

200

A speech of some duration said by only one character.

What is a monologue.

200

The saying actors are told before heading on stage.

What is "break a leg".

200

A play that is designed to make an audience laugh.

What is a Comedy.

200

Katniss volunteers in her sisters place.

What is Hunger Games.

200

The disney character who sings "Reflection".

What is Mulan.

300

When an actor draws attention away from another actor.

What is upstaging?

300

When the lights on stage behind the curtain turn black/off when a scene or show is beginning.

What is Blackout.

300

When the actor turns out towards the audience when performing.

What is Cheating Out.

300

A story about a girl who is a genius who can move things with her mind.

What is Matilda.

300

The character the Wicked Witch of the West runs off with at the end of Wicked the musical.

What is Scarecrow.

400

Something actors should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever do.

What is not being nervous. 

400
When a musical has a smaller, changed version of a song.

What is Reprise.

400

A prop or backdrop cut out of a board and painted. 

What is a Cut Out.

400

The orgin story of the lady who kidnaps dalmations.

What is Cruella.

400

The longest running musical in history.

What is Phantom of the Opera.

500

Enunciation in lines when speaking.

What is Diction.

500

When a prop is taken out of a scene or off stage.

What is Striking.

500

The first thing an actor should do when receiving their script. (After a cold read).

What is Character Analysis.

500

The story of high school girls who are known to be the most popular, pretty, and mean, in their school. And a new girl getting introduced to the group.

What is Mean Girls.

500

The character who sings "The Room where it Happens" in the musical Hamilton.

What is Aaron Burr.