Stagecraft/Basic Vocab

What is the "4th wall?"

• The wall that is built last as part of the set

• The invisible wall between actors and audience

• The inner depth that actors must achieve

• The tallest wall in a set

What's an aside?

• Something on the side of an actor

• Something on the side of the stage

• When a character speaks to the audience without other characters knowing

• When a character speaks to another character without the audience knowing

What's an audition panel?

• A group of people that watch auditions and make decisions about who will be in a show

• A group of people waiting to audition

• A wall in the audition room

• The group of people who will be in the show

An author...

• Writes plays only

• Writes movies only

• Writes anything

• Writes musicals only

What is blocking?

• An actors movements on stage

• Standing in someone's or something's way on stage

• Not moving on stage

• Stacking up blocks for the set

What is a box set?

• A set made with at least 3 walls and closed in all around

• A set made with cardboard boxes or any type of box

• A collection of play scripts

• A set that looks like a giant box with a lid

What is Broadway?

• A candy bar named after a famous playwright

• A company that produces plays

• A street and section of New York known for producing many plays

• Anywhere theater is performed

What is a call back?

• When an actor calls the stage crew for something

• When an actor is asked to come audition a second time

• When a producer calls the director

• When an actor refers to something not in the script

What does it mean when an actor "calls for a line?"

• That's when an actor forgets a line and says, "line" to the stage manager

• That's when an actor asks the director for more lines

• That's when a director asks the actor to speak more clearly

• That's when a director asks the stage manager to write more lines for the actor

What is a cast in theater?

• When an actor breaks a leg and gets a hard bandage on it

• When the stage carpenter makes a mold of an actors body

• When the crew goes fishing after the show

• It is all the performers in the production