Parts of a Story
Theatre Techniques
Stage
Vocabulary
Story Telling
100

The beginning, middle, and end of a story, the events.

Plot

100

Silent acting, pretend

Pantomime

100

the middle of the stage

center stage

100

A play that is entirely sung.

Opera

100

Frozen still on stage.

Tableau

200

A person, animal or thing that thinks, feels, and talks in a story.

Character

200

Two things we change to become a character

Body and Voice

200

 Body, voice, imagination

Actors tools

200

A book, theme, or story with singing and dancing.

Musical Theatre

200

The emotion on the actor's face during a line.

Facial Expression

300

The problem of the story

Conflict

300

Making up the dialogue on the spot, acting without a script

improvisation

300

Speaking loudly on stage.

Projection

300

A story that is told through the art of dance.

Ballet

300

A street in New York that has many theatres where plays and musicals are presented.

Broadway

400

The most exciting part of a story

Climax

400

A frozen picture that tells a story

Tableau

400

Speaking clearly on stage

Articulation

400

A group of singers

Chorus

400

Where and when a story happens

Setting

500

What happens in the falling action

Solution

500

A feeling that the character has

emotion

500

A set of movements that can be repeated in dance or stage combat.

choreography

500

A group of actors that work together and everyone is important.

Ensemble

500

The part of the story where the problem becomes bigger and bigger.

Rising Action