Theater Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 2. the seating section of the theater, the people in the theater and/or the audience
  2. 4. theater superstition, saying this term in the theater curses the show
  3. 8. the stage area behind the proscenium arch
  4. 9. the side of the stage on the left when an actor is facing the audience
  5. 10. curtains separating the stage from the audience
  6. 11. same as breaking fourth wall, you talk directly to audience especially walking past the proscenium arch and moving onto the apron
  7. 13. acting without having planned what to do or say,improv
  8. 14. where musicians play, usually directly in front of the stage, often sunken below the seating sections
  9. 18. the area backstage where actors rest before, during, and after a show
  10. 22. to speak over someones line
  11. 23. building where acting takes place
  12. 24. a stage direction which specifies which person goes off stage
  13. 25. an actors movement around a set; where the character should move and when
  14. 26. the "backstage" or parts of a stage off to the left and right not seen by the audience
  15. 27. the smallest division of action in a play or a very short pause
  16. 28. the imaginary boundary of understanding of the character on stage to the audience, when the character addresses the audience directly
Down
  1. 1. through a reading of the entire play or act without doing the blocking
  2. 3. towards the back of the stage in the direction away from the audience
  3. 5. moving all over the stage in a overly dramatic fashion
  4. 6. direction any instruction for the actors in the script of a play
  5. 7. the practice of turning ones body toward the audience, opening up so the audience can see you but still acting towards another on stage
  6. 12. the front of the stage; in the direction of the audience
  7. 13. the curved stage area in front of the proscenium arch
  8. 15. practice of the play
  9. 16. to give an actor their next line when they have forgotten it
  10. 17. moving from one point of the stage to the other, characters moving past each other
  11. 19. an extended set of lines spoken by one person either directly addressing the audience or another character
  12. 20. the text of a dialogue and stage directions of a play
  13. 21. the side of the stage on the left when an actor is facing the audience