WorksheetsTheater Vocab G-M
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 8mins
Any action performed with the hands and arms.
Observation
Objective
Gesture
Interior Monologue
Proper etiquette when sitting in a theater looks like this:
slouched down so that your head is barely visible.
feet up on the seat in front of you.
criss cross applesauce on the chair.
Sit up straight, legs on the floor, but not on the seat in front of you.
The character opposing the protagonist.
Comedy
Act
Climax
Antagonist
The line spoken just before your line, or the signal to enter or perform another action.
Breaking Character
Cue
Compass Direction
Black Out
Turning point in the action of a play.
Climax
Spectacle
Conflict
Act
Where in the theater does the audience sit?
Backstage
Booth
Box office
House
Why do scripts have stage directions?
To confuse everyone!
To make the actors hungry.
To give the audience information.
To give the actors information.
What is Breaking Character in theater?
When you break a prop.
When an actor messes their lines up or makes a mistake.
When you act your lines out perfectly.
When you get hungry.
What is Improvisation?
Acting with little to no rehearsal
Rehearsing a lot
Practicing your play a lot
When you remember your lines.
What is a Monologue?
When ONE character talks on stage.
When TWO characters talk on stage.
When THREE characters talk on stage.
When FOUR characters talk on stage.
PLOT
This is what happens in the play. Plot refers to the action; the basic storyline of the play.
The main idea or lesson to be learned from the play.
The one who move the action, or plot, of the play forward.
The written by the playwright and spoken by the characters in the play.
Responsible for moving scenery, placement of props, and takes directions from the Stage Manager.
Stage Crew/Grip
Prop Master
Director
Producer
Allowing the audience’s response to begin dying away before continuing. You need to top the remaining laughter, rather than let it die away completely.
Interior Monologue
Going Up
Objective
Holding for a laugh
The character’s reason for doing or saying a particular thing.
Observation
Objective
Motivation
Gesture
What is the room called where actors can relax or wait before and during a show?
Make up room
Rest room
Lobby
Green room
