Writing
A long speech by one actor in a play or movie
Monologue
A planned conversation between two or more characters.
Dialogue
final appearance of the cast, at the end of the play
Curtain Call
Items that can be seen, described imaginatively, not literally
Visual metaphor
Aspects of character that are beyond the actor’s control
Given Circumstances
A poem of fourteen lines in a formal rhyme scheme
Sonnet
giving an actor the same kind of role over & over
Typecasting
Type of theater where the stage & audience positions can be changed
Black Box
making each: event, person, details & place as exact as possible
Particularization
The recollection of past experiences in an actor's life in order to recreate genuine emotion on stage.
Affective memory
A pair of actors on stage respond directly to each other's words and intent
Duo Scene
Character that represents a category of character
Archetype
to rewrite a drama into a work otherwise not written for the stage
Dramatization
The actor tries to answer the question, “If this were real, how would I react?”
Magic if/What if
A theatrical movement in which playwrights created works representing the unknowable & humankind’s existence
Theatre of the absurd
To be in the shoes of the character despite being different
Empathy
overacting, indulging in histrionics, flailing about…
Chew the scenery
An item-by-item sequence of events that will happen within a show
Rundown
An Acting system in which actors portray emotions on stage by putting themselves in the place of the character
Stanislavsky method
Daily Double!!
A german playwright who wanted to remind the audience that they were always watching theatre
To reference to any experience of emotional release or cleansing
Catharsis
A character’s active, thoughts while the actor is playing a role
Inner Monologue
The fundamental action or conflict of a play, that pushes the story along the plot
Spine
A technichic in which the actor concentrates on the other actors in the environment
Meisner technique
An 1950s actor, director, acting coach; created "the nation's most prestigious acting school"
Lee Strasberg