Backstage
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Audience
The part of the stage that has the X
What is Center Stage
100
The crew that alters the physical appearance of an actor/actress
What is Hair/Makeup?
200
A group of singers, dancers, or speakers who usually work in unison.
What is a Chorus?
200
Words that are spoken in the play by actors/actresses
What is a line?
200
Acting without a script; usually an actor is given a starting point, or a "prompt", and they invent the action and dialogue after that
What is Improvisation?
200
A lounge for actors off the stage; typically where actors will get into costume and makeup before a production
What is the Green Room?
200
The crew that deals with the clothes that a performer wears on stage
What is Costuming?
300
A person who run lights, sound, keep track of props, and control scenery during a production.
What is a Stagehand?
300
A longer section of lines in a play that is spoken by only one actor
What is a monologue?
300
The reason behind a character's actions or words; this is the key to acting!
What is Motivation?
300
Backstage
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Audience
The part of the stage that has the X
What is Up Right Stage (Or Stage Right)?
300
Objects including furniture, set dressings or decorations, and handheld items that are not classified as scenery, lights, or costumes; objects that performers interact with onstage
What are Props?
400
The person who is in charge of the play when it is being performed. This person also keeps track of technical and acting cues
What is a Stage Manager?
400
Conversation between two or more characters in a play
What is dialogue?
400
To speak loudly enough to be heard clearly at great distances on stage
What is Projecting?
400
Backstage
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Audience
The part of the stage that has the X
What is Down Left Stage (or Stage Left)
400
The background that gives visual information about the setting and circumstances of the play
What is the scenery/set?
500
The person who plans and directs all aspects of the play for production; this person is the "boss" of the play and explains their artistic vision to all the other people involved.
What is a Director?
500
Instructions for setting, scenery, mood, and action that are included in a script by the playwright
What are stage directions?
500
To pretend to perform an action, sometimes without props (i.e. making a phone call without a phone)
What is to fake/mime?
500
The part of the stage that cannot be seen from the audience
What is backstage/offstage?
500
The area where the orchestra normally plays, usually below the stage