Across
- 3. A speech or portion of a play in which only one character speaks; oftentimes ___ are used in auditions
- 4. A problem or complication that gets in the way of a character achieving his or her objective
- 5. 1) What happens in a play; the events that make up the plot. 2) The physical movement of an actor.
- 6. The person who stages the production; their duties includes script analysis and conceptualizing, supervising and guiding actors' performances, and collaborating with designers to effectively tell the play's story to an audience
- 7. Objects used by an actor in a performance
- 9. ___ integrated into a play script has the power to move an audience
- 10. The conclusion or ending of the play
- 11. A signal, such as a line, action, or sound, that alerts an actor to speak, move, enter, or exit
- 13. The way language is used by the playwright and the actor. The playwright's choice of words, as well as the play's tone, imagery, cadence, verse, metaphor, etc.
- 14. When actors read through the entire script with all involved artists present; usually on the first day of rehearsal
- 15. A play written in prose or verse that tells a story through dialogue and actions performed by actors impersonating the characters of the story.
- 17. A character's clothing tells a great deal about him or her
- 18. Division of an act of a play. Each act is broken up into ___
- 20. When an actor improvises or makes up dialogue during a scene
- 23. The structure of a story, built around a beginning (rising Action), middle (climax), and end (falling action and resolution).
- 24. Reason(s) that drive a character to think, act or speak in a certain way
- 26. of view The way in which a character sees the world
- 28. A performer creating a scene or elements of a scene (including movement, dialogue, characters, situations) with little or no preparation or rehearsal
- 30. Specific stage movements by actors, which includes entrances, exits, and any steps in any direction of the stage; developed through rehearsals under the leadership of a director
- 32. Hints, delivered through the characters' lines and/or actions, of events to come that help create an air of suspense in the play
- 35. The play's central idea
- 37. What happens, the sequence of events that take place in a story
- 38. The particular time and place in which the play takes place
- 39. A character's goal or desire in a scene or play
- 40. Often included at the beginning of a play, ___ is dialogue or stage directions that explains and introduces the major characters, settings, back story, events and problems that the play will address.
Down
- 1. A figure who undertakes the action of the plot
- 2. The sense that the events of play and the actions of the characters are progressing in a believable and psychologically motivated way
- 8. The set, as well as the furniture and other props, that suggest to the audience the environment in which a play's action takes place
- 11. An added element to a story that makes the main conflict more difficult for the main character
- 12. Information included in the script by the playwright which provides: physical descriptions of characters; psychological descriptions of characters; characters; actions on stage; and descriptions of the setting which can help one envision, design and build the set
- 16. A (usually brief) trial performance by an actor, dancer, singer, or musician to demonstrate one's suitability for a role
- 17. The point at which the conflict explodes
- 19. Performing a monologue or scene in an audition without ever having read it prior to the audition
- 21. A ___ has many roles in theatre; at various points they can: serve as a company literary manager, ensure the play's story is effectively communicated in production, serve as intermediary between a director and playwright, support new play development, research background and origins of the play; at all times, a ___ is focused on telling the story of the play successfully
- 22. A character's style is established by the way he or she speaks and acts
- 25. Deepening or building a conflict for a character such that there is a dire consequence if they don't achieve their objective
- 27. When an actor has memorized his or her lines enough to not carry his or her script in hand during rehearsals
- 29. The playwright's attitude toward the characters and situations in the script
- 31. Pages that contain only the line or part of a scene that an actor is to use for an audition
- 33. A level of meaning implicit or underlying the surface of script
- 34. A major division in the action of a play
- 36. Spoken interchange or conversation between two or more characters, or, loosely defined, the speech of a single character