MS II Third Set of Six Weeks Vocabulary

Question 1

To shorten a play by “cutting” or eliminating lines or scenes

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Cut

Question 2

Notes the director gives to the cast and crew after rehearsal.

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Director's Notes

Question 3

All the actors in a show

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Cast

Question 4

role of a young girl

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Ingenue

Question 5

Remove parts of a script because they are inappropriate or to short the length

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Cutting

Question 6

place backstage in a theatre where company announcements, notes, and messages are posted.

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Call Board

Question 7

The task of matching the actors who auditioned for the production with the roles in the play

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Casting

Question 8

a set for a play that uses very few set pieces to create the environment, no walls.

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Minimal set

Question 9

an expression used instead of “good luck” when one wishes an actor success before a show

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Break a Leg

Question 10

warning to performers to get ready for an entrance.

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Call

Question 11

to respond before an actor stops speaking; indicated in the script by “. . .”

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Overlap

Question 12

intervals between the acts or scenes allowing for set changes

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Intermission

Question 13

to rewrite into a drama a work otherwise not written for the stage.

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Dramatization

Question 14

Entering the stage; or an opening in the set that is used for entering.

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Entrance

Question 15

a line is mis-said, words are jumbled or stumbled over.

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Fluffed line

Question 16

Inclusion of a comic line or scene in an otherwise serious play to provide relief from tension.

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Comic Relief

Question 17

area in which the light and sound operators sit, usually in rear of the theatre.

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Booth

Question 18

the left/right side of the auditorium, from the audience’s point of view.

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House left/right

Question 19

to play more than one role in a production

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double

Question 20

a term meaning the script is so good that any actor could succeed in using it.

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Actor Proof

Question 21

a character who changes from the start of the show to the end – usually the protagonist.

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Dynamic Character

Question 22

a professional representative who takes care of performance contracts for actors

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Agent

Question 23

when one actor plays two or more roles in a play.

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Doubling

Question 24

to pause for laughter or applause to die down.

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Hold

Question 25

Plays meant for elementary age or younger children.

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Children's theatre

MS II Third Set of Six Weeks Vocabulary

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MS II Third Set of Six Weeks Vocabulary

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