Drama Projects Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2

- forgetting one's lines or actions

- the part of the stage that is visible to the audience

- the speed at which one speaks

- an outline of a play that includes details about the plot, movement, and gestures

an actor training center to teach the Stanislavski system

comedy of art; a highly improvised comedy performed with well-known stock character roles

- movements of parts of the body, such as shrugging the shoulders

- existing in the mind just below the level of awareness

- the relative loudness of your voice

- behind the stage; out of view

ancient story tellers in Africa who keep the community's oral tradition

- a rich, warm speaking quality created by the empty space inside your throat and mouth

- appropriate conduct

- imaginary lines indicating visibility of stage areas

having an action appear effortless and natural due to repeating the movement many time

- memory that uses all the senses to recapture an experience

- an actor who communicates through movements of the body and face without speaking; also, the activity of the mime

- (noun) toward the back of the stage

- halfway between full front and stage left/right

- communicating thoughts and feelings through body movements (crossing arms, furrowing brows, etc.)

- singing without words

- feeling nervous before or during a performance

- conversation among characters

- a mental technique that allows performers to repeat their scenes again and again with freshness and spontaneity

- a group of actors working together to create an artistic whole rather than stressing individual players

- the clear pronunciation of words

- aware (of in the mind)

- interaction between characters; listening in the moment

- a hormone that produces the feeling of sudden increased energy

- working for the good of the whole rather than for the individual

- slanted

- facing or completely turned away from audience

- a series of actions that may be repeated

- variety of vocal pitch

1) be natural, 2) know and carry out objectives, 3) create character with a past and present, 4) commit

a stereotypical character

- the area of the throat that contains the vocal cords

- to send the voice out to the audience

- the part of the stage that the audience cannot see

- any small action that the actor performs without major movement

- the muscle below the rib cage

- a combination of rising and falling inflection

- when an actor does not stay in character

- playing toward the audience while seemingly conversing with others on stage

- movement across the stage

- the actor's left or right as he or she faces the audience

- (verb) establish definite movements and lines; (noun) scenery used onstage

- working with others toward a common goal

- able to be heard

- roles that support the main characters

- the relative highness or lowness of the voice

- body movement and expression without dialogue

- sideways to the audience

- the act of recognizing or noticing an object, a fact or event

- (verb) drawing the audience's attention to yourself when it should be focused on another character

- moving in the opposite direction of an actor making a cross

- people who make a living in their chosen line of work

- to remember a fact or event so as to recreate it

- to make up dialogue and action of a scene as you go along

- white makeup often used by mimes and clowns

- to cut off or interrupt another character by speaking over his or her lines

- thick, water soluble makeup usually applied with a damp sponge

- supple, flexible

- expressing oneself emotionally

- halfway between full back and stage left/right

- not planned

- toward the audience

- picture in one's mind