Theater Vocab Flashcards
(35 cards)
9 stage positions/areas
Upstage right, Upstage center, Upstage left, Center stage, Center right, Center left, Downstage center, Downstage Right, Downstage Left
ACT
A major division of a play
Act
To portray a character on stage
Ad-Lib
To invent additional dialogue not found in the script
Antagonist
To invent additional dialogue not found in the script
Apron of the stage
On proscenium stage area in front of the main curtain and audience
Beat
A pause
Blackout
Light cue- all lights out
Blocking
When and where you move on stage
Business
Activities an actor employs to expand and clarify your character
Call back
Second part of the audition process where actor returns to continue
Catharsis
The main character’s purging of emotions
Character
The part or role in a play
Cheat out
Turning the body toward the audience while conversing
Cold reading
Presenting written material that you’ve never seen for an audition
Convention, Theatrical
The style of a production sometimes contrived by the playwright/director
Convention, Theatrical
The style of a production sometimes contrived by the playwright/director
Convention, Theatrical
The style of a production sometimes contrived by the playwright/director
Catwalk
Narrow walkway above the stage/ Audience to work lights and scenery
Cue
Dialogue, movement, or stage business signaling a performer or techie to perform the next action
Cross
An actors movement from one point to another, denoted with an X in the script
Cyc
Large thin drape, usually whitem hanging from battens on upstage plane
Dimmer
device that controls the intensity of lights in a circuit
Denoument
Clarification of the plot; resolution
