Theater Vocab Review

What is a Monologue?

• When characters on stage talk to each other
• When one person makes a speech
• Talking
• Where you move onstage

Who is the cast?

• The people who work backstage
• The people who sell tickets
• The people who act in the show
• The person that runs the show

What does the crew do?

• Work Backstage
• Act in the show
• Clean the auditorium
• Tell the director what to do

What is the job of the director?

• Tell people what to do
• Yell at people
• Help the actors develop their character and run rehearsal
• Open and close the curtain

What does the stage manager do?

• Welcome people to the stage
• Helps organize the crew and run the show from backstage
• Tell the actors where to go on stage
• Runs the lights

What is improvisation?

• A form of theater that is spontaneous and does not rehearse
• A play with no music
• Dance
• Stuff

What is the house?

• A building 
• Backstage
• The audience part of a theater
• Where the actors wait to go onstage

What is a prop?

• The things onstage that make it look like a different place
• The objects used on stage
• Something that holds something else up 
• The thing that raises the curtain

Who is the person in charge of the props?

• The prop master/mistress
• The stage manager
• The director
• The House manager

What does a set help create?

• A place where a scene takes place
• Objects to interact with on stage
• Day and night 
• Costumes