Drama Spring 2015 review Part 1

Muscle under ribcage, responsible for projection

Activity performed by an actor during or in place of speech

Technique for making movements, gestures, and especially voice clear to all parts of the house

What would I do if I were this character in this situation?

Choose someone for a part. Also refers to the actors in a show

Turn your body towards the audience to enhance visibility

Communication by means of gesture and facial expression

Moment in which a living picture is created onstage and held by actors WITHOUT MOTION OR SPEECH

Moment, silent or not, in which position of actors helps tell the story/creates visual interest

Part of a scene containing a single emotion; also means pause

Aspect of character that is beyond the character's control

Signal that the next line or stage function is about to occur

The movement of actors onstage

An actor's equivalent of a job interview, during which they try out for a role

Audience

Sense of family unity developed by performers; also means cast

Performance invented with little or no preparation

Heights

Goal toward which a character is striving

Imcomplete substitute for a prop, costume, etc. that implies the real/whole thing

Uninterrupted speech given by a character in a play

Second part of an audition, more intense than the first

Conversations actors have onstage with each other

Technique in which actors "become" their character offstage as well as on

Instruction given by director or playwright; also, way of orienting actors onstage