Across
- 3. The person responsible for managing rehearsals and calling cues during a performance
- 5. Offstage area of the theater where props are stored
- 7. Theater with audiences on one side (and also the arch frame separating the stage and the house)
- 9. The professional union for actors.
- 11. Oldest form of communication, also a theatrical form that relies on facial expression and gesture rather than dialogue
- 15. The first actor
- 17. Term that refers to the timing of lines and action
- 20. How "loud" or "soft" an actor speaks
- 22. The stage manager is in charge of this "book," a collection of cues and other vital rehearsal/performance information
- 23. Type of theater with audiences on all sides
- 24. This person's job is to write the play
- 26. Step of the rehearsal process that comes last
- 28. The muscle that controls breath
- 33. Type of theater with audiences on three sides
- 34. A speech by an actor who is alone on the stage
- 35. A character’s resistance or struggle to achieve their goal.
- 37. The term for a second audition.
- 38. Japanese puppet theatre
- 39. Area of a theater where the audience sits to watch the show
- 41. "Waiting in the ______" refers to being ready for a cue.
- 42. How "high" or "low" your voice is
Down
- 1. Famous acting teacher, developer of method acting technique
- 2. The invisible wall between the actors and the audience
- 4. Name of the theater Shakespeare and his men performed in
- 6. A type of modern play that deals with life in a realistic and serious manner
- 8. What a character wants" is also known as their ______.
- 10. A technique used by actors to recall personal emotions for a scene.
- 12. French performer famous for his pantomime techniques
- 13. Turning out toward the audience so they can see you better on stage
- 14. Step of the rehearsal process that comes first
- 16. Term referring to a significant moment when an actor knows it's time to make their entrance
- 18. The color film that is placed on stage lights to produce different colors
- 19. Planning the stage movement of the actors
- 21. An actor who can stand in if the main actor is unable to perform
- 25. Term referring to movement of the body to express an idea
- 27. Items used onstage by the actors
- 29. Make up dialogue in an emergency
- 30. Speech by an actor who is in conversation with other actors on stage
- 31. Invitation to return for a second audition
- 32. The term for reaching out to the last person in the last row with your voice/the act of being heard
- 36. A theater is considered this if there is no show that day
- 40. Marking stage with tape so crew knows where to put set pieces or actor's know their marks
