Theater Arts terminology

The written version of the show with dialogue, stage directions, and sound and lighting cues.

• Script

• Scene

• Act

• Prop

This determines the length of a play and is separated by intermissions.

• Scene

• Act

• Blackout

• Costume

When an act is divided into smaller sections.

• Blackout

• Prop

• Wings

• Scene

When a set changes to show a different location.

• Blackout

• Scene change

• Intermission

• Set

Blackout

• When the stage is entirely dark

• There is no show that day

• Where props are stored

• the show is lit by candlelight

What an actor wears on stage.

• King Kong

• outfit

• costume

• hair and make up

Prop

• Any object used on stage by an actor

• furniture in a set

• the lights in a theater

• Where the actors move on stage

A labeled table to organize all items for the play.

• dressing room

• periodic table

• set storage

• prop table

The movement of actors on stage determined by the director.

• blocking

• passing

• throwing

• kicking

When an actor walks on stage.

• Entrance

• Wings

• Walk on

• stage left