Basic Acting Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. An actor is ______ themself if they stand where the audience cannot see them
  2. 5. The style of acting that focuses on thinking more than feeling
  3. 9. A play style that represents real life
  4. 12. To have one's lines memorized and not have the script in hand
  5. 13. Each actor must develop a _______ character
  6. 14. The area behind the curtain where the actors can't be seen
  7. 16. The Russian director who founded the Method style of acting
  8. 17. What a character wants from the scene or play
  9. 20. The process by which the actor seeks to make the role they play unique and entertaining
Down
  1. 1. A play that has withstood the test of time
  2. 2. To move because another actor has moved to block you
  3. 4. What the director says when he wants you to stop
  4. 6. A non-fictional character
  5. 7. What the director says when she wants the actors to get ready to start the scene
  6. 8. When a character has a valid reason for doing something, the action is _________
  7. 10. An actor is scene ______ or upstaging others when he/she distracts the audience from the actor who should have their attention
  8. 11. Something that keeps a character from their goal
  9. 15. During a long monologue, a director may tell an actor to _____ the stage, allowing him/her more freedom of movement
  10. 16. Something that is implied but not spoken
  11. 18. Because the actors are so close for so long, they must develop a philosophy of _______
  12. 19. When an actor compromises their body position so the audience can see them, they are said to be _____ out