Drama Vocabulary Terms

The person telling the story (not involved in the action or related to characters) 

• Prop

• Scene

• Narrator

• Actor

The life lesson or message

• Theme

• Setting

• Act

• Cast

Items carried on stage by an actor; small items on the set used by the actors

• Playwright

• Script

• Stage directions

• Prop

A person who writes the play

• Cast

• Author

• Playwright

• Producer

The characters in the play

• Cast

• Dialogue

• Act

• Setting

Instructions written as part of the script of a play, describing how something is to be done or how something should be spoken.

Often in italics or (parentheses)

• Script

• Playwright

• Stage directions

• Scene

The conversation between actors on stage.

• Narrator

• Dialogue

• Theme

• Cast

Where and when the play takes place

• Act

• Stage

• Setting

• Theme

The "chapters" or larger sections in a play

• Scene

• Act

• Script

• Play

The written play that includes characters, dialogue, and stage directions

• Play

• Script

• Stage directions

• Playwright