Basic Theatre Terms

1. When you produce a play, you call it this.
4. The unique things an actor does and says to portray an authentic character.
5. WHEN and WHERE the story or play takes place.
6. Being able to say your lines without looking at your script or having another person tell you what it is.
7. Reading through the script with the rest of the cast for the first time.
9. The people, animals, or entities in a particular play, or WHO the actors portray in a play.
10. directions The italicized words in a script that tell the actors what to do in the play.
11. How a story or play is organized.
15. The line rehearsal where you focus on memorization.
16. The people who watch the play.
18. What the furniture and backdrops on the stage look like and how they are designed.
21. How and where an actor moves.
23. Objects that an actor handles or uses in a play.
24. A group of actors that put on plays.

2. The final rehearsal before the performance.
3. Speaking loud enough for your audience to hear.
8. Where and how a director tells you to do something on stage.
12. Opening your body up to the audience.
13. When actors act out and practice the script to get it ready for performance.
14. The place where the audience sits.
17. When an actor is supposed to say or do something in the script.
18. The written text of a play.
19. Speaking so your audience can understand you.
20. The place where the actors perform.
22. What an actor wears on stage to portray a certain character.