Theater and Drama Vocabulary

A person who performs in a play, movie or television program is called an ______.

• Actor

• Director

• Producer

• Writer

The action of the play is known as the ______.

• plot

• script

• dialogue

• scene

The written form of a play is called a ______.

• script

• manuscript

• novel

• transcript

A group of two or more scenes that make up major divisions in a play is called an ______.

• Act

• Scene

• Chapter

• Episode

A script for a movie, including descriptions of scenes and some camera directions, is called a ______.

• screenplay

• novel

• manuscript

• storyboard

Smaller divisions of an act usually happening in a particular place and time are called a ______.

• Scene

• Act

• Chapter

• Episode

A group of actors who speak together with one voice commenting on the main action of a play is called a ______.

• Chorus

• Ensemble

• Troupe

• Cast

A list that tells who is in the play; sometimes describes the character is called the ______.

• Cast

• Script

• Director

• Stage

A play that is funny and has a happy ending is called a ______.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Drama

• Melodrama

A struggle between opposing forces/characters is known as ______.

• Conflict

• Harmony

• Resolution

• Agreement