Theater Terms

the term used to cover all parts of training or instruction in the field of theater

• drama

• theater arts

• script

• dramatic structure

a story written to be played out on the stage

• drama

• theater arts

• stage directions

• characters

a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak

• stage directions

• theater arts

• playwright

• script

the personality an actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from his or her own personality

• acting

• dialogue

• character

• dramatic structure

an actor's assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a character to an audience

• dialogue

• acting

• dramatic structure

• script

story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience

• play

• stage directions

• character

• playwright

the special literary style in which plays are written

• theater arts

• playwright

• drama

• dramatic structure

one who writes plays

• stage manager

• actor

• choreographer

• playwright

preserved as a movie photograph

• dramatic structure

• edited

• filmed

• documented

the building in which plays are performed

• stage

• backstage

• arena

• theater