Acting Vocabulary

2. The last words, actions, or technical effect that immediately precedes any line or business
5. The execution of a line or piece of business at a specific moment to achieve the most telling effect
7. A one-character performance
9. What your character wants to do
10. The stage command for actors to take their positions
12. Overhead view sketch of the setting
13. The movement or sweep of the play as it progresses
14. The unstated meaning that an actor must draw the script
15. The movement by an actor from one location to another

1. The reason why our character does what they do
3. Improperly taking attention from an actor who should be the focus of interest
4. Any specific action preformed on the stage
6. The speed at which the action of a play moves along
8. To speak when someone else is
11. Using script information, imagination, observation and research to create a character