Pipkin- Stage Terms Review

2. The person who writes the plays.
6. A practice for a play.
8. The positions for all actors and crew at the beginning of a play.
9. The clothing worn by characters on stage.
13. An actor's movement and stage positions during a performance.
14. A person, creature, or entity in a story or play with specific and distinguishing attributes.
17. The objects actors interact with onstage. Items such as books, plates, and swords are
18. The time one is expected to be present and ready for a rehearsal or performance.
19. The events of a play, from its beginning to end.
20. The front left of the stage, when facing the audience
22. The deliberate use of light to illuminate the stage or convey a location or emotion, and sometimes all three.

1. The group of actors who play all the characters in a show.
2. The way an actor stands, sits, and generally holds himself. Posture can do a lot to physically create a character.
3. The use of cosmetics to create the appearance of the character during the play.
4. A play using musical accompaniment and sung music to tell its story.
5. A face covering used in theatre to create character or disguise identity.
7. The underlying emotion, thoughts, and meanings underneath what is said by the characters in a play.
10. Another word for memorized. A rehearsal off book will be one in which the actors do not use scripts.
11. An actor's movement from one part of the stage to another.
12. A character's goal. The reason a character does and says what he does and says.
15. The person who portrays a character in a play.
16. The cast bow at the end of a show.
19. The rate at which a scene is played.
20. Written conversation between two or more characters.
21. The words said aloud by characters during a play.