Theatre Vocab Nov 2023

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

• theatre

• stage directions

• acting

• working

people playing character roles

• actor

• person

• employee

• character

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

• object

• animal

• person

• character

the conversation between actors on the stage

• talking

• dialogue

• script

• drama

a story written to be performed

• Drama

• Novel
• Essay
• Poem

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

• Song

• Dance

• Play

• Painting

one who writes plays

• playwrite

• playwright

• playright

• plywrite

repeated action that becomes a custom or ceremony

• theatre

• stage directions

• play

• ritual

a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak

• ritual

• playwright

• script

• theatre arts

what to do when speaking, in italics and parentheses

• acting

• drama

• stage directions

• script