Drama Vocabulary

actors in a play

• setting

• acts

• characters

• dialogue

where the characters act

• act

• scene

• stage

• prop

The person that writes the play.

• character

• playwright

• audience

• narrator

Janice (looks over her shoulder and walks to the left side of the stage)

• dialogue

• setting

• stage directions

• scene

Mrs. Peterson: I have something to show you.

Kate: Okay, but wait until you hear what Josh did!

• stage directions

• setting

• characters

• dialogue

where the play takes place

• costumes

• setting

• act

• audience

a forest, city, and magical land

• character

• dialogue

• setting

• acts and scenes

another word for drama

• characters

• play

• stage

• story

Charlie, Kate, Mrs. Peterson, Josh

• setting

• characters

• audience

• props

When each scene changes, the ______ changes.

• props

• setting

• character

• narrator