Basic Theatre Terms

 disagreement between characters or ideas in a play  

• conflict
• costumes
• dialogue
• improvisation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The conversation between two or more characters onstage  

• dialogue
• improvisation
• makeup
• mimicry

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

to ad-lib or invent dialogue not in the script  

• improvisation
• makeup
• mimicry
• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to act out a story or situation with movement only, without any spoken dialogue  

• pantomime
• plot
• props
• role

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

all articles, except costumes or scenery, used as part of a dramatic production (e.g., pan, suitcase, stuffed animal)  

• props
• role
• scenery
• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a written manuscript containing dialogue and stage directions  

• script
• sound
• storyline
• storytelling

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is acting done by one person called?

• Duet

• Monotone

• Monologue

• Solo Acting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

the audience area of any theatrical space

• set

• house

• curtain call

• places

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is Downstage?

• The part of the stage nearest the audience
• The part of the stage farthest from the audience
• The part of the stage left of the audience
• The area of the stage left of the actor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Acts

• The Chapters in a Drama/Play
• Show the changes in settings overtime
• story told in front of a live audience
• tools that are used to bring a scene

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D