Intro To Theatre Vocabulary Part III

Green Room

• The main or lower part of the seating area. It is usually several feet lower than the stage and several feet higher than the floor of the orchestra pit.

• The lowest balcony in a theatre, or the first few rows of the balcony.

• Where the performers wait for their time on stage.

• Signal for cast and crew to take their positions.

Hand Prop

• Any item an actor can carry in their hands to help create character.

• Specific comments from a director to an actor (or from the TD to the technical staff) about their performance.

• Signal for the cast and crew to take their positions.

• To wait or freeze; for the audience, for laughter, for applause, etc.

Hold

• Any item an actor can carry in their hands to help create character.

• Signal for the cast and crew to take their positions.

• Specific comments from a director to an actor (or from the TD to the technical staff) about their performance.

• To wait or freeze; for the audience, for laughter, for applause, etc.

Mezzanine

• Where the performers wait for their time on stage.

• The lowest balcony in a theatre, or the first few rows of the balcony.

• The main or lower part of the seating area. It is usually several feet lower than the stage and several feet higher than the floor of the orchestra pit.

• To wait or freeze; for the audience, for laughter, for applause, etc.

Monologue

• A play incorporating song and dance to help tell the story.

• Specific comments from a director to an actor (or from a TD to the technical staff) about their performance.

• A speech delivered by one actor to other actors or to the audience.

• Signal for cast and crew to take their positions.

Musical

• Signal for cast and crew to take their positions.

• An actor's character, lines and actions in a play.

• Where the performers wait for their time on stage.

• A play incorporating song and dance to help tell the story.

Notes

• A play incorporating song and dance to help tell the story.

• Specific comments from a director to an actor (or from a TD to the technical staff) about their performance.

• A speech delivered by one actor to other actors or to the audience.

• Signal for cast and crew to take their positions.

Orchestra Level

• The main or lower part of the seating area. It is usually several feet lower than the stage and several feet higher than the floor of the orchestra pit.

• Where the performers wait for their time on stage.

• The lowest balcony in a theatre, or the first few rows of the balcony.

• To wait or freeze; for the audience, for laughter, for applause, etc.

Places

• An actor's character, lines and actions in a play.

• Where the performers wait for their time on stage.

• Signal for cast and crew to take their positions.

• Specific comments from a director to an actor (or from the TD to the technical staff) about their performance.

Role

• Signal for cast and crew to take their positions.

• Any item an actor can carry in their hands to help create character.

• An actor's character, lines and actions in a play.

• Specific comments from a director to an actor (or from the TD to the technical staff) about their performance.