Acting Terminology

IMPROVISATION

• a performance given without planning or preparation

• language, or meaning, expressed in words

• a cast other than the principals

• the clear and precise pronunciation

ENSEMBLE

• a cast other than the principles

• language, or meaning, expressed in words

• to perform without preparation

• losing concentration or getting out of character. Using dialogue or behavior inconsistent with the part you are creating

SUBTEXT

• the meaning underlying the dialogue and stage direction in a script

• a performance given without planning or preparation

• to perform without preparation

• language, or meaning, expressed in words

OBJECTIVE

• a character's goal or intention

• losing concentration or getting out of character. using dialogue or behavior inconsistent with the part you are creating

• working together to create a whole

• a cast other than the principles

What is pantomime?

• a very strange word

• acting without words

• my middle name

• the guy who opens curtains

define projection

• the high or low of quality of sound

• how fast or slow you speak

• variety in speech reflecting changing thoughts and emotions

• cause to be heard. speaking loudly enough for everyone to hear.

CAST

• all the actors in a play

• someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

• where the audience sits

• conversation in a play

DIALOGUE

• conversation in a play

• actor who speaks only to the audience about the story

• area over the audience where lights are hung to shine onto the stage

• taking down the set, sorting returning props and costumes after a production is finished performing

MONOLOGUE

• long speech from one actor to other actors

• funny or amusing play

• the center of the acting area

• where lights and sound are run; can easily view the stage

SOLILOQUY

• long speech by an actor speaking to himself

• long speech from one actor to another

• funny or amusing play

• section of an act