Theatre Vocab I
To create dialogue or movement off the top of your heat, without a script
What is Ad-lib or Improv
What are the wings.
The clear and precise pronunciation of words
What is articulation
Costumes and articles of dress for production
What is your wardrobe
Words spoken by a character to the audience but supposedly not heard by other characters
What is Aside
A part where the actor walks on and off the stage w/o having any lines to say
What is a walk-on
Painted curtain w/o folds, hung from horizontal pipes called battens
What is the backdrop
Who is the Technical director
To play toward the audience
What is 'to open up'
A speech by a single character to share thoughts or to address audience or another character
What is a monolgue
An actor's move from one part of the stage to another
What is a 'cross'
Thoughts actors have that are unspoken but motivate what they say and do
What is subtext
Set furnishings including furniture, pictures, ornaments, drapes, etc.
What are props or properties
The performers in a play
What is the cast
When the actor loses concentration while performing and is not in character
What is break character
Imaginary wall between stage and audience
Instructions about various aspects of the play, including information on characters, how a play should proceed, how a play should look, and the mood or effects of a play
Increase voice or actions so they will carry to the audience
What is projecting
What is the part of the stage that is nearer to the audience
What is downstage
Money paid to the author for permission to stage his/her play
What is a royalty fee
What is a run-through
A group of actors who perform together on stage
What is an ensemble
The audience or seating within the auditorium.
What is the house
The area behind scenery not visible to the audience
What is backstage or offstage
To delete or a command to stop action and dialogue
What is cut