Drama and Theater Vocabulary

Gestures: ________ of the body, especially the hands and the head to communicate.

• Movements

• Sounds

• Colors

• Textures

When the performer turns so the audience can see their face and hear their ________.

• wardrobe

• footsteps

• voice

• movements

Upstage: When one actor -- especially a lesser character -- ________ a scene.

• steals

• enhances

• forgets

• ruins

Act-React: A second character's response to another character's actions or ________.

• words

• gestures

• expressions

• all of these

Breaking the fourth wall: A drama character's awareness of the audience; it informally incorporates the second person '________'.

• you

• they

• he

• she

Which describes the "Mime" grip?

• Closing all fingers at one time

• Closing from thumb to finger

• Closing from pinky finger to thumb

• Closing fingers first then thumb to make a fist

Acting without words is what?

• improvisation

• pantomime

• gibberish

• rehearsal

Improvise: Performance without prior rehearsal or a ________.

• outline

• plan

• guide

• script

CROW: Essential elements of drama, which are character, relationship, objective and ________.

• why

• when

• where

• how

Tableaux: Frozen picture; in drama effective pauses add to a story's ________.

• meaning

• length

• complexity

• humor