Theater High School
Across
- 3. Arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production
- 11. Underlying and implied meaning or intention in the character's dialogue or actions
- 12. Study of a script to understand the underlying structure and themes of the play's story and the motives and objectives of its characters
- 16. Characters, setting, dialogue and plot that create a story
- 19. Theatrical choices thought to be true based upon an understanding of any given fictional moment
- 20. Aspect of the human condition under investigation in the drama
- 23. The application of production and technical elements to a theatrical production
- 25. Expressive and planned movement of the body or limbs
- 26. Practices and/or devices that the audience and actors accept in the world of the play even when it is not realistic such as narrator or flashback
- 27. Episodic, process-centered, improvised form of drama that uses existing literature as a starting point for drama exploration
- 31. Elements of spectacle such as sets, sound, costume, lights, music, props and makeup used in a theater production
- 32. An imaginary world created collectively by participants in a drama experience
Down
- 1. Use of a specific set of characteristic or distinctive techniques such as realism
- 2. Creation of an original performance piece by an ensemble
- 4. Spontaneous, intuitive and immediate response of movement and speech
- 5. Make-believe where children naturally assign and accept roles, then act them out
- 6. Leader guides participants during a process drama, story drama or creative drama experience through side-coaching
- 7. Process of selecting, adapting to or modifying a performance space
- 8. Observable embodied actions that illustrate a character's personality
- 9. Technical elements selected for use in a specific production
- 10. Reasons why a character behaves or reacts in a particular way in a scene or play
- 13. Process-centered, non-exhibitional approach to drama intended to benefit the performers themselves
- 14. The underlying actions and events that have happened before the play, story or devised piece begins
- 15. The problem, confrontation or struggle in a scene or play
- 17. Goal or particular need or want that a character has within a scene or play
- 18. Specific kind or type of drama and theater
- 21. Patterns of movement in a scene or play
- 22. Non-linear, episodic, process-centered improvised form of drama
- 24. Narrative as revealed through the action and/or dialogue
- 28. Means by which a character seeks to achieve their objective, the selection of tactics are based on the obstacle presented
- 29. A conversation between two or more characters
- 30. Specific skills, theories or methods used by an actor to prepare