The clothing worn by the actors that helps determine character, time, theme, and mood
Costumes
The section where the audience sits is called the
house
When you are asked to come back and audition a second time it's called a
call back
This person writes plays
playwrights
This musical features no humans at all and is based on the Shakespeare play Macbeth
The Lion King
Person responsible for the physical set up, actors, and technical cues of a production as it is performed.
stage manager
The area of the stage the audience cannot see is called
backstage
The process of getting a job as an actor is called an
audition
This person implements costumes for a production
Costume designer
This musical takes place "under da sea"
The Little Mermaid
A time when all lights are out or the theater is closed.
dark
The side areas of the backstage are called the
wings
understudy
What is the person who controls the overall look of the show called?
The director
This musical takes place mainly in a school building and revolves around a "not so nice" friend group
Mean Girls
small hand-held items used by actors to create the period, character, or setting
Pops
The middle of the stage is called
center stage
When an actor speaks specifically to themselves but the rest of the cast is not meant to hear them, it's called a
soliloquy
acts
This musical features 2 creatures, half human, half not.
Shrek
This is the process of taking everything off of the stage when it is no longer being used
Strike
apron
aside
What are the smaller divisions within an act called?
a scene
This musical is a modern day re-telling of the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet
West Side Story