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WorksheetsTheatre LINGO
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is the divisions in the performance of a play.
Stage Manager
Strike
Act
Wings
The term used to describe the process of disassembling the set and removing it from the stage once a show is finished.
Upstage
Downstage
Greenoom
Strike
The person responsible for selecting the cast, setting the blocking, rehearsing the actors, interpreting and bringing the text of the play to life, managing the artistic unity of the production, and all other aspects of the production.
Choreographer
Director
Cast
Set
The scenery or background of the production.
Set
Costume
Auditorium
Box Office
Creates and rehearses dance routines with the actors.
Cast
Choreographer
Actor
Act
A performer in a play
Actor
Act
Blocking
Box Office
The area where tickets are sold and attendance is kept.
Curtain Call
Downstage
Script
Box Office
The back of the stage furthest from the audience. This term is also used to describe when an actor purposely draws attention to himself for selfish purposes.
Understudy
Wings
Upstage
Downstage
The person in charge of everything that happens backstage, such as keeping backstage quiet, giving actors their cues to go onstage, and making sure props are maintained. Once the show starts its run, the stage manager takes over the place of the director and oversees that everything is done just as the director has ordered.
Stage Manager
Understudy
Intermission
Act
The text dialogue and instructions for actors to follow to create the production.
Act
Set
Greenroom
Script
The front of the stage towards the audience
Greenroom
Downstage
Cast
Actor
The characters in the play and the actors that play them.
Cast
Auditorium
Choreographer
Costume
A designated break in a play usually between acts. If there is no intermission you will usually be warned at the start of the show.
Intermission
Stage Manager
Understudy
Act
The actor that has learned and rehearsed the lines of another actor to be able to take over for them in case of illness or emergency.
Actor
Director
Greenroom
Understudy
A room in the theatre for actors and crew to relax or gain instruction before or during a show.
Greenroom
Upstage
Downstage
Box Office
What an actor wears to portray their character.
Costume
Curtain Call
Cast
Strike
The sides of the stage out of sight from the audience where actors wait to make their entrance and go to when they exit stage. Often props are also kept there.
Blocking
Wings
Upstage
Box Office
When the cast takes a bow in front of the audience at the end of the show
Curtain Call
Costume
Cast
Intermission
Stage movements and positions made by the director for actors during rehearsal for dramatic effect. The stage manager takes notes and keeps track of the blocking.
Blocking
Curtain Call
Box Office
Auditorium
What are stage directions?
Things the actors are supposed to say
The person who directs the play
Positions on the stage
Things the actors are supposed to do
What is acting done by one person called?
Duet
Monotone
Monologue
Solo Acting
What does the theme of a play refer to?
The stage decorations
The central idea
The costume choices
The directing choices
What is a cast when referring to theatre?
The people who portray characters
The people who work behind the scenes
The thing you wear when you "break a leg"
A statue of a character
What does a stage manager do?
Directs the play
Manages backstage
Tells the characters what to do
Tells the characters what to say
The way that a character is portrayed is called what?
Actor's choice
Directing
Improvization
Characterization
People who work behind the scenes are called what?
Crew
Cast
Actors
Characters
What does the director do?
Acts onstage
Manages backstage
Directs the play
Writes the play
What does tone refer to?
Vocal Pitch
Vocal Quality
Vocal Strength
All of the above
What does dialogue refer to?
What the actors should say
What the actors should do
What accent the actors should have
How the actors should move onstage
