The Production Process Vocab (Steps 1-3)

An AUDITION is

• trying out for a play

• trying out for the football team

• Another name for a script

SIDES are

• offstage areas

• sections of the script used for auditions

• mash potatoes, corn, green beans, etc.

To SLATE is

• to try out for a play

• to cross the stage

• to introduce yourself before your audition

A COLD READ is

• performing a part of a script without any prior practice

• reading a book in the winter time

• to introduce yourself before an audition

CALLBACKS are

• a second round of auditions where the director can see more from you

• what you do after you miss someone's phone call

• a long speech spoken by one character

A MONOLOGUE is

• A list of which actors will play each role in a play

• A single fallen tree log

• a long speech spoken by one character

A CAST LIST is

• A list of people who have broken legs at a hospital

• a list of which actors will play specific roles in a play

• performing a script without any prior practice

A READ-THROUGH is

• when all your lines are memorized

• When a cast sits around a table and reads-through the entire script

• to try out for a play

TABLE WORK is

• a technique where actors and director sit around a table and deepen their understanding of the play before staging it

• Read your lines while standing on top of a table

• to introduce yourself before your audition

BLOCKING REHEARSAL are

• rehearsals where you plan the movement on stage, scene-by-scene

• shouting over other actors, blocking them from saying their lines

• when all your lines are memorized