Across
- 2. The point at which the conflict explodes.
- 3. A dramaturg 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 dramaturg is focused on telling the story of the play successfully.
- 8. A (usually brief) trial performance by an actor, dancer, singer, or musician to demonstrate one’s suitability for a role.
- 10. The playwright’s attitude toward the characters and situations in the script.
- 11. Pages that contain only the lines or part of a scene that an actor is to use for an audition.
- 13. A character's goal or desire in a scene or play.
- 14. Spoken interchange or conversation between two or more characters, or, loosely defined, the speech of a single character.
- 16. LIB When an actor improvises or makes up dialogue during a scene.
- 19. DIRECTIONS 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.
- 20. The conclusion or ending of the play.
- 21. THE STAKES Deepening or building a conflict for a character such that there is a dire consequence if they don't achieve their objective.
- 24. Often included at the beginning of a play, exposition is dialogue or stage directions that explains and introduces the major characters, settings, back story, events and problems that the play will address.
- 27. A figure who undertakes the action of the plot.
- 28. The structure of a story, built around a beginning (rising action), middle (climax), and end (falling action and resolution).
- 29. The way language is used by the playwright and the actor; the playwright’s choice of words.
- 30. When an actor has memorized his or her lines enough to not carry his or her script in hand during rehearsals.
- 35. Specific stage movements by actors, which includes entrances, exits, and any steps in any direction of the stage
- 36. A level of meaning implicit or underlying the surface of a script.
- 38. An added element to a story that makes the main conflict more difficult for the main character.
- 39. OF VIEW The way in which a character sees the world.
- 40. A character's style is established by the way he or she speaks and acts.
- 41. 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.
Down
- 1. What happens, the sequence of events that take place in a story.
- 4. When actors read through the entire script with all involved artists present; usually on the first day of rehearsal.
- 5. A major division in the action of a play.
- 6. A signal, such as a line, action, or sound, that alerts an actor to speak, move, enter, or exit.
- 7. READING Performing a monologue or scene in an audition without ever having read it prior to the audition.
- 9. The play’s central idea. What the play adds up to, its underlying meaning.
- 11. Division of acts in a play.
- 12. The particular time and place in which the play takes place.
- 15. What happens in a play; the events that make up the plot.
- 17. The person who stages the production.
- 18. Reason(s) that drive a character to think, act or speak in a certain way.
- 22. A performer creating a scene or elements of a scene (including movement, dialogue, characters, situations) with little or no preparation or rehearsal.
- 23. A play written in prose or verse that tells a story through dialogue and actions performed by actors impersonating the characters of the story.
- 25. Music integrated into a play script has the power to move an audience.
- 26. Hints, delivered through the characters’ lines and/or actions, of events to come that help create an air of suspense in the play.
- 27. All plays focus on a conflict, a struggle between opposing forces.
- 31. A problem or complication that gets in the way of a character achieving his or her objective.
- 32. A character’s clothing tells a great deal about him or her.
- 33. Objects used by an actor in a performance.
- 34. A speech or portion of a play in which only one character speaks.
- 37. OF ACTION AND CHARACTER The sense that the events of play and the actions of the characters are progressing in a believable and psychologically motivated way.