Drama Vocab
A dramatic telling of story as performed by actors on a stage.
What is a play?
This dumb dog follows Annie everywhere after being rescued from a gang of boys.
Who is Sandy?
Clothing that helps tell the story, a character's personality, their job, the time period, and much more.
What is costume?
These star crossed lovers hide their love for fear,
their families' hatred so they disappear.
In secret they go to the church to wed,
too bad, so sad, they both will end up dead.
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
The walls, the floors, and the furniture are all part of this design.
What is set?
When actors perform without the need of a script.
What is improv?
This cruel and lonely woman punishes all the girls in the orphanage.
Who is Miss Hannigan?
This person makes choices on what each character will wear during a performance.
Who is the Costume Designer?
This prince of Denmark sees his father's ghost,
and plots revenge until his mind is lost.
He sets a trap to prove his uncles guilt,
and such is Shakespeare's most famous play built.
Who is Hamlet?
A cane, a sword, a book, and a magic wand are all a part of this design when held by an actor.
What are props?
When an actor speaks alone on stage to themselves or to no one at all.
What is a monologue?
The orphanage owner's con-artist brother is named after this foul bird.
What is a rooster?
This character trades her shabby red sweater for a wardrobe of fancy dresses.
Who is Annie?
This Thane of Scotland meets with witches three,
Their wicked curse I will impart to thee:
That one day soon he shalt become a king,
when royal Duncan feels his daggers sting.
Who is Macbeth?
While a pair of glasses and a hat would be considered a costume, a wig is usually part of this design.
What is makeup?
Costumes, Makeup, Set, Lighting,and Sound design all fall into this category.
What is Technical Theatre?
The youngest orphan in the film, she is like a little sister to our main character.
Who is Molly?
This costume element helps the main character stand out in a crowd.
What is color?
This character speaks the following lines:
"Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? ...
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet"
Who is Juliet?
Without this design, you would never see a play.
What is lighting?
Performance art intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance in a classroom setting.
What is drama?
This hot-headed baldy turns out to be a big softy once Annie comes into his life.
Who is Mr. Warbucks?
Police officers, fire fighters, surgeons, pilots, chefs, and athletes all wear these.
What are uniforms?
In this Shakespeare adaptation, the famous lovers are played by garden gnomes.
What is Gnomeo and Juliet?
During a musical, the sound designer may hide these in an actor's costume.
What are microphones.