Actors' Things
What is rehearsal?
This is the initial interview for actors.
What is an audition?
This is what we call the clothing and fabrics that actors wear.
What are costumes?
The words, phrases, or sentences spoken by an actor.
What is a line?
The section of the stage closest to the audience.
What is downstage?
This is the written text that includes lines, stage directions, and notes.
What is the script?
The first rehearsal is called this.
What is a read-through?
This is what we call the large furniture, walls, floors, and buildings on stage.
What is the set/scenic design?
When two or more people engage in speaking lines.
What is dialogue?
The section of the stage furthest away from the audience.
What is upstage?
The actors participate in this at the end of the show.
What is curtain call?
The last practice before the show opens.
Dress Rehearsal
The person in charge of the whole process.
Who is the director?
This is a large chunk of text spoken by one actor.
What is a monologue?
If you are standing on stage, the direction to your left is called what? (stage right or stage left)
What is stage left?
This is something that the actors hold and use during the show.
What is a prop?
If the director wants an actor to try out a second time, they have them come to one of these.
What is a callback?
This tech element includes underscores, spot cues, mics, and live reinforcement.
What is sound?
This represents where the actors move throughout the show.
What is blocking?
This is what the slope of a stage is called.
What is the rake?
When the actor no longer needs their script onstage, they are this.
What is off book?
The process of the director choosing actors to play the parts.
What is casting?
This is something that the actors hold and use during the show.
What is a prop?
This is the line or moment that triggers something else to happen.
What is a cue?
When an actor walks from the side of the stage to the center of the stage, they are moving in this way.
What is onstage?