Theatre Vocab Week 4

A TROUPE

• A type of stage that has three sides.

• Another name for a stage wig.

• A group of actors, especially that tour from place to place.

• The front curtain separating the stage from the audience.

RELATIONSHIP is

• The social and cultural way of telling stories.

• The way in which two characters are connected and behave towards each other.

• The way your eyes sparkle.

• The disconnection you have with a stranger.

To PORTRAY is to

• Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.

• To get that ketchup stain out.

• How an audience behaves.

• The way you open the curtain on stage.

In acting, FOCUS refers to

• The number one window cleaner.

• Clapping after a performance.

• Creating lines or action spontaneously.

• Give one's entire attention.

IMPROVISATION is

• Planned or memorized dialogue on stage.

• an area of the stage that the audience cannot see.

• Made up dialogue and action as you go, usually guided by a prompt.

• An ancient dance move that involves raising your toes above your head.

A CHARACTER is

• the personality an actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from their own.

• the part of the stage projecting past the curtain.

• a type of walking stick used on stage.

• an itch you get in the middle of your back that you can't reach.

A REACTION is

• The way a character dresses on stage.

• Another name for THEATRE IN THE ROUND.

• A character's emotional or physical response to something that is happening in the scene.

• A fancy name for a paper clip.

An ENSEMBLE is

• random items under your bed.

• a cast of characters; how the group interacts and support that is more important than each individual performance.

• a story written to be played out on stage.

• people who watch or listen and respond to a performance.

AD-LIB means to

• add extra pepper to your stir-fry.

• use prepared dialogue on stage.

• walk on stage with a limp.

• create lines or action spontaneously when necessary.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE is

• the costumes you choose to wear.

• the event that didn't happen to you.

• a method of acting in which an actor recalls specific events that may trigger emotions that are similar to what the character is feeling.

• a style in which you create lines or actions spontaneously when necessary.