Drama Vocabulary

3. what the character uses to get around obstacles
5. facing sideways so the audience only sees one side of your body
8. right from the actor's point of view
9. facing completely toward the audience
10. what the character thinks will happen if they reach their goal
11. 90 degree turn toward the other actor on stage
14. the person who interprets a play, casts actors, blocks scenes, and is responsible for the overall show
17. what the character wants more than anything
18. 270 degree turn toward another actor whose lines are especially important
19. the person who writes plays
22. facing completely away from the audience

1. direction furthest away from the audience
2. the person who brings life to a character on stage
3. the art of writing, acting in, and producing plays
4. less about WHAT a character is saying, more about WHY they say it
5. stage where the audience sits on one side, looks like a picture frame
6. things that stand in the way of the character reaching their goal
7. another word for "arena" is theatre in the ________.
12. the place where movies are shown and plays are performed
13. direction closest to the audience
15. left from the actor's point of view
16. acronym that stands for goal, obstacles, tactics, and expectation
20. stage where the audience sits on all four sides with the playing area in the middle
21. low platform stage that goes into the audience, who sit on three sides