Acting Terms

3. the written text of a play
4. in a play one actor’s last few words before the next actor speaks
8. the person who heads all organizational components of a play and is responsible for the success of the production
11. dance patterns; the arrangement of the movements of a dance in a stage performance
15. a tryout session for a play
17. the person who stages a theatrical production controlling everything that happens on stage
18. a play that presents serious conflict dealing with the problems of a central character and that has an unhappy or disastrous ending
20. composing and performing on the spur of the moment without any preparation
22. live actors performing a plot or story before a live audience in a space serving as a stage
23. the nervous anticipation of going on stage to perform

1. a positive or negative evaluation of a performance
2. the person in charge of day-to-day organization needed to keep rehearsals running smoothly
5. an outline or synopsis of a play indicating plot, characters, and setting
6. an additional audition for an actor when the director wishes to see and hear them again
7. roles characters who act as contrast to other actors; characters with whom others are compared
9. a drama or narrative with conflict and a happy ending
10. casting an actor in the same kind of roles over and over again
12. arranging the movements on stage for the actors in a play
13. a conversation; passages of talking in a play
14. the principal character in a play
16. the main characters in an play
19. public communication that uses both language and actions to tell a story of human conflict
21. the chief opponent of the principal character in a play