Stage Directions
Downstage
Consists of jokes and sketches to make audience laugh
Comedy
control the lighting of the production
Lighting Technician/Crew
Acting Technique that uses no words to tell a story
Pantomime
Leading Character
Protagonist
Part of the stage that is furthest away from audience
upstage
Romance
Actors
Arrangement of incidents that take place in a play
Plot
Dynamic/changing character
Imaginary wall between scene and audience
Fourth Wall
Addresses the sorrowful downfall of a protagonist in a serious manner
Tragedy
Person who writes the the script
Playwright/Writer
Name 4 Different Crews for a theater production
Props, Sets, Lights, Sound, Publicity, Run Crew
Main Character's object of desire
Love Interest
To open up body towards the audience
Cheat out
Play intends to scare, disgust, or frighten the audience
Horror
provides technical support to director, actors, and crew in production
Stage Manager
Group of actors/crew that work together cooperatively
Ensemble
Opposer to the main character or their goals
Antagonist
Moving from one part of the stage to another
Cross
Chronicle play, in which plot is drawn mostly from the past.
Historical/History
Controls the artistic and visual aspects of play
Director
After production, the taking apart of the sets is called?
Strike
Character doesn't change at all
static/unchanging character