Plays
Playwrights
Theater Vocab 1
Theater Vocab 2
Misc.
100

One of William Shakespear's most famous plays.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

One of the most famous CLASSICAL playwrights?

Who is William Shakespear?

100

The line or action 

What is a cue?

100

A person, animal, or thing in a story.

What is a character?

100

Mr. Kelly's sister.

Who is Ms.Andrews?

200

After the 1950's.

What is contemporary?

200
The paper(s) actors read from. 

What is a script? 

200

A play where the actors sing and dance.

What is a musical?

200

People who watch, listen, and respond to a play. 

What is Audience? 

200

The audience can see this stage from three different sides.

What is a thrust stage?

300

Before the 1950's.

What is classical?

300

The author of a play.

What is a playwright?

300

The highest point in a plot diagram.

What is a climax?

300

Darkening the stage before a transition. 

What is blackout?

300

The Dean of KLA.

Who is Ms. Flotte?

400

A long speech by one actor.

What is a monologue?

400

Instructions in a text telling the actor what to do.

What is stage directions?

400

A pause in the text.

What is a beat?

400

Another word for change.

What is metamorphasis?

400

Turning the body to face the audience. 

What is cheatout?

500

The play we are reading in Theater class.

What is Pipeline?

500

The author of Pipeline.

Who is Dominique Morisseau?

500

The reason the character keeps moving along in the story.

What is motivation?

500

The character's purpose or goal.

What is objective? 

500

Mr. Kelly's favorite snack.

What is cookies?