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Acting Vocab
Acting Vocab 2
100
Travelers
What are the black curtains that are hanging on either side of the stage that can close and open together ?
100
Electric winch system
What are the machines next to the side wall on one side of the stage that are used for raising and lowering curtains and scenery?
100
Upstage
What is the area of the stage closest to the back wall?
100
Back or backstage
What is the area behind the part of the stage that is not visible to the audience?
100
Dressing the stage
What is shifting position by two or more actors to balance the stage picture?
200
Fly space
What is the area above the stage where scenery and curtains hang while not in use ?
200
Scrim
What is The black see through curtain hanging at about center stage?
200
Wings
What are the areas of the stage where actors stand waiting to make their entrances onstage?
200
Hand props
What are properties such as letters or luggage, carried onstage by an individual player?
200
Feeding
What is giving lines in such a way that another actor can make a point or get a laugh?
300
Battens
What is the Large bars from which curtains or scenery hang?
300
House
What are the seats in the audience referred to as ?
300
Proscenium arch
What is the wall framing the stage called?
300
Blocking Yourself
What is getting behind furniture or other actors so that you can not be seen by the audience?
300
Cut in
What is breaking into the speech of another character?
400
Cyclorama (cyc)
What is the light blue curtain near the back wall of the stage that is used for displaying many different lighting colors and moods?
400
Grand Drape
What is the large curtain that is downstage of all the other curtains ?
400
Lobby
What is the area in the front of the theatre where the concessions are ?
400
Ad-Lib
What is improvising stage business or conversation?
400
Holding for laughs
What is waiting for the audience to quiet down after a funny line or scene?
500
Control booth
What is the small room at the back of the theatre that is used to house lights and sound board operators and their equipment ?
500
Downstage
What is the area of the stage closest to the audience?
500
Electrics
What are the large bars hanging above the stage that contain lighting instruments ?
500
Bit
What is an acting role with very few lines?
500
Business
What are half-sheet pages of a script which contain the lines, cues and business for one character?