Theatre 2

a systematic examination of all the elements of a script in order to understand and play your part

• Notes

• Text analysis

• Inner monologue

• Theme

how loud or soft something is

• Projection

• Relaxation

• Volume

• Pitch

The written text of a play.

• Plot

• Rising Action

• Denouement

• Script

A struggle between two opposing forces.

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Falling Action

A clearly defined explanation of the events in the lives of the leading characters before the start of a play's action.

• Rising Action

• Inciting Incident

• Preliminary Situation

• Script

The series of events following the climax.

• Plot

• Script

• Falling Action

• Exposition

The turning point in a play.

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Climax

• Inciting Incident

The information put before an audience that gives the where, when, why, and who facts of a play.

• Inciting Incident

• Exposition

• Preliminary Situation

• Rising Action

The first event in a play from which the rest of the plot develops.

• Inciting Incident

• Exposition

• Preliminary Situation

• Rising Action

The leading character or one of the major characters in a play, musical, or movie.

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Review

• Usher