Building the Ensemble
The word that best describes a group of artists working as a unified whole.
Ensemble
The area occupied by the audience
House
The feeling that arises when you are confronted with another person’s suffering and are motivated to take action refers to one’s sense of
Compassion
The typical manner in which something is done.
Convention
The imaginary barrier between the actor and audience
4th Wall
Dedicate yourself to having fun, but recognize that fun comes disguised as very intense energy and effort!
Work Ethic
Lights hang from this part of the theatre
Grid
The firm belief in the reliability, truth, strength or ability of a person.
Trust
Original meaning of the word theatre means “a seeing place.”
Theatre/Theatron
If your director asks you to walk downstage, which way do you move?
Toward the audience/apron
To think deeply and carefully about something
Reflection
The idea for the term upstage and down stage originally came from
Raked Stage
An actor is on stage, but his face cannot be seen by the audience because he is using the wrong hand to hold the phone. How would you correct this problem?
Use the upstage hand to hold the prop
A rolling platform or wagon used to show a dead body.
Ekeklyma
Movements performed by an actor on stage, usually determined with the director.
Blocking
Performance artists must be willing to experience a range of emotions and share the experience with others. Open yourself up to fully listening and feeling and responding.
Take risks
An actor must adapt by acting “with the back” when working in this type of stage space
Arena Stage or Theatre in the Round
Literally means to do, or to act, or a thing done
Drama
The entrance areas of a Greek theatre from which the audience would enter into the theatron.
Parados/Paradoi
You are facing profile, but your director tells you to “open up.” What do you do?
Cheat out
The ability to take the perspective of and feel the emotions of another person refers to our capacity to feel.
Empathy
The audience’s view of the stage space
Sight Lines
What type of theatre stage do we have at LHS?
Proscenium
Machine of the Gods
Deus ex Machina
The left part of the stage, from the actor’s perspective looking out at the audience.
Stage Left