Audition Unit Vocab

What is a Monologue

• A speech given by one actor alone on stage.

• How an actor tries out for a part

• A speech given by one actor, with or without others on stage.

• The term for where the audience sits, or refers to the audience as a whole

What is Stage Presence

• Being confident standing on stage, commanding audience attention

• Standing on stage

• The term for other actors on stage with you

• Being scared to perform

Which of these is NOT a Theatre definition for cast?

• The group of actors in a production

• Throwing a fishing line out as far as you can

• Creating the list of who is in a play/movie/tv show

One actor speaking alone on stage, either directly to the audience or to themselves, is called

• An Aside

• A Soliloquy

• A Monologue

• A Speech

Describe an Open Audition

• Anyone is allowed to come audition, everyone can see others’ auditions

• Only select people may audition, small groups taken in at a time.

• Auditionees have 60-90 seconds to perform, Auditonees have numbers, huge groups audition.

• Actors have been narrowed down from the initial audition

Describe a Closed Audition

• Anyone is allowed to come audition, everyone can see others’ auditions

• Only select people may audition, small groups taken in at a time.

• Auditionees have 60-90 seconds to perform, Auditonees have numbers, huge groups audition.

• Actors have been narrowed down from the initial audition

Describe a Cattle Call Audition

• Anyone is allowed to come audition, everyone can see others’ auditions

• Only select people may audition, small groups taken in at a time.

• Auditionees have 60-90 seconds to perform, Auditonees have numbers, huge groups audition.

• Actors have been narrowed down from the initial audition

How do actors get roles?

• Interviews

• Being famous, people call them up

• Auditioning and showing they're the best fit

• Bribing the director

The House refers to

• How big the audience is

• The audience seating area

• Everything about the audience itself

• All of the above

Which of these are Stage Areas?

• Prop Storage, Tech Booth, Box Office

• Stage Right, Up Center, Down Left

• House, Scene Shop, Grid

• Wings, Backstage, Apron