Theatre Semester Exam Review

What is the term for a character in a play?

What is the text of a play called?

What is a bar or pipe which masking or lights are hung on.

What are the spaces to the sides of the stage or acting area called?

What is the art of planning and composing a dance called?

What is it called when someone is acting without a script?

What are the major divisions of a play called?

What is the term for how a director sees you. It is based on your age, physical appearance, abilities, & voice.

What is a movement by an actor from one location to another onstage.

What are the entrances from the wings that lead on to the stage.

Who are the committee of technicians who work behind the scenes on a production?

What is the term for any instruction for the actors, or setting or character description in a script?

The person who writes plays is called a

What is turning off all the stage lights at one time called?

What is the highest award you can get for theatre in the USA?

What is the part of the stage in front of the proscenium arch?

What is the name of the curtain that closes the stage from the audience?

Who is the person in charge of the props for a production

What is a lull, or stop, in dialogue or action in order to sustain emotion called?

What is waiting for the audience to quiet down after a funny line or scene?

What is an understudy who substitutes for multiple ensemble roles.

What is the term for taking apart and putting away the stage setting?

the end of a performance, when all the actors come to the front of the stage to bow when the audience claps.

What is the name of the character that hinders (works against) the protagonist?

Speaking loudly enough to be heard in the space or theatre is called

What is an outfit worn for a production?

Sessions in which the actors and technicians prepare by repetition are called

What is it called when the director sits you down after a rehearsal to tell you how to improve?

What do you call the art of producing sound effects for radio, television, and theatre.

What are additional opportunities for the actor to audition called?

Identify the term for the last word or action that signals an actor to speak:

What is marking the stage with tape to show where things go.

What is a speech by one person called?

Any action other than movement on stage, such as picking up a book or dialing a phone is called

What is the term for the actors in the play, or to choose the actors?

Who is in charge of supervising backstage?

Rehearsals conducted without any stops are called

What are planned stage movements called?

What is acting without words called?

What are tryouts for a production called?

The conversation between actors in a play is called

What is the term for having all the seats in the theatre filled?

Who is a member of the costume crew who helps with quick changes.

What is the imaginary boundary through which the audience watches a performance?

What is an actor who excels at acting, singing, and dancing called?

What is it called when an actor opens up his body position so the audience can see him?

What is the hero or heroine called?

What is the name of the white curtain that separates stage from backstage?

A short situation to be acted out with a beginning, middle, and end is called