Theatre Basics
The practice of turning one's body towards the audience
What is cheating out?
The degree of loudness
If you are in a hurry, your this should increase
What is pace?
A play is broken up into acts and these, which are decided based on time and place
What are scenes?
These kinds of monologues have a character trying to reach a goal or complete an action of some kind
What are active monologues?
Any instruction for the actors in the script of a play
What are stage directions?
If your character gets excited, their volume and their this may go up
What is pitch?
Ms. Dupré often wants your movement to have more this onstage; nothing is small.
What is exaggeration?
A playwright may want the play's this to be sad, because they feel sad writing about it
What is tone?
If a monologue takes place in a conversation between two women in a beauty parlor, it could be considered a this
What is a dramatic monologue?
Acting without having planned what to do or say
What is an ad-lib?
British, Southern, or Jersey can be examples of this vocal skill
What is an accent?
If a character just got engaged, they might use this movement skill to draw attention to their hand
What is emphasis?
The audience should feel a certain this based on the writing and performance of a play
What is mood?
What is an interior monologue?
They supervise the physical aspects of a stage production
What is a stage manager?
A director might ask you to add a this before speaking, for dramatic effect
What is a pause?
If someone is nervous, then their body will likely have a lot of this
What is tension?
The four necessary elements of a scene can help add these to a story
What are stakes?
A grandpa telling his grandson about the time he got his first bike could be an example of this kind of monologue
What is a narrative monologue?
A rehearsal that goes from one cue to the next, skipping dialogue and action
What is cue to cue?
If an actor is chewing their words and using great diction, then they have high this in their voice
What is clarity?
A soldier might have very little of this movement skill
What is fluidity?
The four necessary elements of a scene are goals, obstacles, these, and choices
What are reactions?
The Crucible by Arthur Miller was written in 1953, making any monologues that come from it, this
What is contemporary?