Basic Terms

3. Using the body to tell a story without words
7. The invisible wall that separates the actors and the audience
8. another way to say reader’s theatre
9. A blocking move across the stage to another position
12. The art form that we study
13. A portion of the script – usually used for auditions or when the script is large and the actor only has a bit part.
14. No set script; make it up as you go along
16. Anything the actor picks up with his hands and moves around the stage

1. Creating pockets on actors onstage so that every actor can be seen
2. 1) the main sections of a musical or play 2) the thing which actors can do
4. The place where we perform theatre
5. Tryouts for a play, a time when an actor goes before a group of people who are casting a play to show those people what he can do
6. The planned movement on stage
10. (cheat) - Physically turn your body so the audience can see you
11. The text the playwright gives the actor to work from
15. scenery, furniture, etc. that make up what the audience sees onstage; doesn’t move