Theatre Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 4. Seating within the auditorium.
  2. 6. A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique. In the theater, genres could include: farce; melodrama; drama; satire; comedy; fantasy; historical; etc.
  3. 7. Physical, mental and vocal exercises used by actors to ready themselves for performance.
  4. 9. A division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain actors in one place.
  5. 10. Offstage to the left and the right of the acting area.
  6. 13. An actor is one who interprets a dramatic character.
  7. 15. Character, When an actor loses concentration while performing, and is not in character.
  8. 16. Stage pictures created by actors posing motionless.
  9. 19. The play in written form.
  10. 21. A state of feeling such as: angry; sad; excited; nervous; happy.
  11. 22. Piece, Three-dimensional scenery which stands by itself such as a tree.
  12. 27. The individual who writes a play.
  13. 29. The personalities or parts that actors become in a play; roles played by actors in a play.
  14. 30. The stage movements that each character makes during the play.
  15. 33. Clues given to the audience about upcoming events in the play.
  16. 38. Term for what drives the behavior of any given character. All actors should know their motivation in any given scene, and with any given line.
  17. 40. Left, The left side of the stage as the actors look out toward the audience.
  18. 41. A type of play in which the main character or characters suffer disastrously.
  19. 43. Lights, Lights used in the auditorium, above the audience, used before the show, after the show and during intermission.
  20. 44. Right, The right side of the stage as the actors look out toward the audience.
  21. 46. Part of the stage that protrudes out in front of the proscenium, sometimes into the audience.
  22. 47. Impromptu acting based on the following circumstances: who -the characters; what - the action; where - the place; and when - the time the action takes place.
Down
  1. 1. A dramatic composition or performance.
  2. 2. Part of the stage that is farthest from the audience. Also, to steal attention away from the focal point of a scene.
  3. 3. Individual who is in charge of all aspects of the production of a play; generally responsible for the final decisions in all areas of production.
  4. 5. What happens in a play; the order of events; the story as opposed to the theme; what happens rather than what it means.
  5. 8. A scene or play without words; the actors use only action and gesture to express their meaning.pit, Area between the stage and the first row of seats.
  6. 11. Increase voice or movement so that they will carry to the audience.
  7. 12. Directions, Indications in the script to the directors and actors on various aspects of the play including characterization, setting and the overall mood of the play.
  8. 14. Theatre, Staging set-up in which the audience sits on all four sides of the playing area.
  9. 17. When an actor tries out for a role by either performing a short piece, or reading from a script in front of a director or casting agent.
  10. 18. The words spoken by the actors during a play.
  11. 19. The environment of the play; scenery and furniture.
  12. 20. The area where the actors perform the play.
  13. 23. The point in a play where action meets obstacle; the opposition of persons, forces, or ideas that gives rise to dramatic action in a play.
  14. 24. What the play means as opposed to what happens (plot); the main idea or message within the play.
  15. 25. Objects used by characters on stage during a play. Hand Prop - an object small enough to be carried easily.
  16. 26. A work written to be spoken by just one person. This may be full length, as in a one-man or one-woman show.
  17. 28. Stage, A combination of the proscenium and the arena stages with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area.
  18. 31. Actor versed in another’s part, ready to step in if needed.
  19. 32. The art profession or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
  20. 34. A group of supporting entertainers, as actors, dancers, and singers, in a theatrical production. Or more interestingly: all the parts of a thing taken together, so that each part is considered only in relation to the whole.
  21. 35. Lib, To spontaneously create dialogue, as in off the “top of your head.”
  22. 36. The clothing worn by the actors who play the characters.
  23. 37. Wall, The imaginary wall that makes up the rest of the space in which the play takes place. The fourth wall is where the audience is. The idea is that the audience is eavesdropping on what is happening in the play. The fourth wall keeps the actors from directly addressing the audience. Breaking the fourth wall-This happens when actors directly address the audience, such as in an aside.
  24. 39. An actor, or a person involved with theatre.
  25. 42. Rehearsal, A full-scale rehearsal where performers work out every detail of the performance, shortly before opening night, sometimes done in front of an informal audience.
  26. 45. Arch, Architectural arch that forms the front of the stage.
  27. 48. Warning for actors to assume their position just before a scene begins.