Drama Terms

What is the failure of some actors who seem to bee too slow or too fast in responding to action or dialogue onstage?

• Anti-timing

• Body language

• Breaking-up

• Call back

What is an out-of-place laughter by an actor on stage?

• Anti-timing

• Body language

• Breaking-up

• Call back

What is characterized as stage movements of the actors, including the entrances and exits?

• Audition

• Blocking

• Call back

• Backstage

What is a request that an actor return for an additional audition?

• Audition

• Blocking

• Call back

• Backstage

What is an audition open to anyone, regardless of experience?

• Call back

• Audition

• Character role

• Cattle call

What is a supporting role with pronounced or eccentric characteristics?

• Character role

• Chemistry

• Cue

• Curtain up

What is a mysterious element that creates excitement when two actors appear together?

• Character role

• Chemistry

• Cue

• Curtain up

What is a line, dialogue, action or sound that tells an actor it is time to move across the stage?

• Character role

• Chemistry

• Cue

• Curtain up

What is a low-budget of a play or musical, often presented to smaller cities for only few nights?

• Cattle call

• Buss-and-truck tour

• Cold reading

• Curtain up

What is the way of delivering the speech at an audition without having read it beforehand?

• Cattle Call

• Chemistry

• Cold reading

• Curtain up