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Name 4 ways a character can be developed
What is GABS Gestures Actions Body Speech
100
When would a cold reading be used
What is for a first reading or an audition
100
The area of a theatre from which an audience sits or watches a performance
What is the house
100
A character's reason for doing or saying something
What is motivation
200
The main idea or message of a play
What is theme
200
To improvise a line or action
What is ad lib
200
To act without a script or previous preparation
What is improvisation
200
The storyline of a play (the series of events that make up the story)
What is plot
200
An extended speech by one person
What is monologue
300
Busy work for the actor to perform while playing on the stage in order to establish character, setting, and situation
What is business
300
The area of the stage that is closest to the audience
What is downstage
300
The end of a scene act or play
What is black-out
300
A signal to a performer to begin a speech or action
What is cue
300
A brief comment by an actor who addresses the audience but is assumed not to be heard by the other characters onstage
What is aside
400
An extended speech by one person
What is a monologue
400
Conveying emotions, actions, feelings by gestures without speech
What is pantomime
400
What is voice expression
What is articulation
400
The highness or lowness of the voice
What is pitch
400
The invisible "wall" that seperates the audience from the actors onstage
What is the fourth wall
500
Reading aloud from a script or other text with little or no practice.
What is a cold reading
500
When an actor behaves as themselves rather than the character they are supposed to be portraying
What is breaking character
500
Determining where actors are placed on the stage and their precise movements
What is blocking or staging
500
The highness or lowness of the voice
What is pitch
500
An actor's rhythm when acting out a scene
What is pace