What happens in a play; the events that make up the plot.

The professional union for actors, stage managers, dancers, and singers.

To improvise lines of a speech, especially in response to an emergency.

The producer who has responsibility for artistic choices.

A format in which actors try out for roles.

The stage area behind the front curtain.

The elapsed time between the inception of an objective/intention, and its completion.

The most famous theater district in the world. Manhattan in which 32 theaters are located.

Obvious and detailed physical movement of performers to reveal character.

Follow-up auditions for a play that are held after the initial tryouts.

A noticeboard situated in the backstage area, upon which messages are displayed.

In ancient Greek drama, a group of performers who sang and danced.

Comic theater originated in Italy in the 16th century, improvised around a loose scenario.

The backstage team assisting in mounting a production.

Any prearranged signal that indicates to that it is time to proceed to the next line or action.

Bows at the end of the play in which both actors and the audience their mutual appreciation.

The person responsible for the overall unity of the production.

A final rehearsal of the play in which every element of production is in place.

A performer's leaving the stage, as well as the preparation for his or her leaving.

The idea that the audience observes the stage through the invisible wall of a room on stage.

The portion of the theater reserved for the audience.

A pause in the action during which the audience may leave their seats for a short time.

The left side of the stage from the point of view of a performer facing the audience.

Stanislavski-actor asks, "How would I react if I were in this character's position?"

Stanislavsky system-emphasis placed on truthful portrayal of the emotional life of a character.

This form of stage address is delivered by a character primarily to the audience.

That which can be construed to have determined a character's behavior.

Stanislavsky's term for that which is urgently desired and sought by a character.

That which delays or prevents the achieving of a goal by a character.

The areas of the stage usually not in view of the audience.

Historically, the area closest to the stage in which there were no seats.

A theatre program, giving details of a particular production.

As distinct from story, the patterned arrangements of events and characters for a drama.

Style of acting that is anti-naturalistic; direct; using the artifices of the theater.

To furnish a performer with missed or forgotten lines or cues during a performance.

Properties; objects used by performers onstage or required to complete the set.

The arch or frame surrounding the stage opening in a box or picture stage.

A style of acting that is naturalistic using the theater to represent life realistically.

A stage setting; Units into which the play or acts of the play are divided; Location

The written or printed text, consisting of dialogue, stage directions, character descriptions.

The scenery, taken as a whole, for a scene or an entire production.

Remove pieces of scenery/props from stage-take down the entire set after the final performance.

The meaning and movement of the play below the surface; that which is implied and never stated.

Final rehearsals devoted primarily to making sure that all the technical elements are ready.

Genre-clichés, irrelevant remark & repetition. Tone of these plays is usually comic and ironic.

An opening in the stage floor, normally covered, which can be used for special effects.

Actor who learns a part of another to replace in the case of an emergency.

At or toward the back of the stage, away from the front edge of the stage.

Left and right offstage areas; also, narrow standing pieces of scenery, or "legs."