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WorksheetsStagecraft/Basic Vocab
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is the "4th wall?"
The wall that is built last as part of the set
The invisible wall between actors and audience
The inner depth that actors must achieve
The tallest wall in a set
What's an aside?
Something on the side of an actor
Something on the side of the stage
When a character speaks to the audience without other characters knowing
When a character speaks to another character without the audience knowing
What's an audition panel?
A group of people that watch auditions and make decisions about who will be in a show
A group of people waiting to audition
A wall in the audition room
The group of people who will be in the show
An author...
Writes plays only
Writes movies only
Writes anything
Writes musicals only
What is blocking?
An actors movements on stage
Standing in someone's or something's way on stage
Not moving on stage
Stacking up blocks for the set
What is a box set?
A set made with at least 3 walls and closed in all around
A set made with cardboard boxes or any type of box
A collection of play scripts
A set that looks like a giant box with a lid
What is Broadway?
A candy bar named after a famous playwright
A company that produces plays
A street and section of New York known for producing many plays
Anywhere theater is performed
What is a call back?
When an actor calls the stage crew for something
When an actor is asked to come audition a second time
When a producer calls the director
When an actor refers to something not in the script
What does it mean when an actor "calls for a line?"
That's when an actor forgets a line and says, "line" to the stage manager
That's when an actor asks the director for more lines
That's when a director asks the actor to speak more clearly
That's when a director asks the stage manager to write more lines for the actor
What is a cast in theater?
When an actor breaks a leg and gets a hard bandage on it
When the stage carpenter makes a mold of an actors body
When the crew goes fishing after the show
It is all the performers in the production
What does it mean to "break a leg" in theater?
It's when someone gets hurt in the show
It's what you say to mean "good luck"
It's when the producer can't pay back his loans
It's when the performers go out to party after the show
What does it mean to "cross" the stage?
It means to move from one place to another
It means to take something off of it
It means to paint the sets
It's when the actors pray before a show
What is a cue?
A signal for something to happen
A tool used for shooting pool
Hitting your mark dead on the spot
Being on time
What is dialogue? Pronounced die-uh-log
When two or more characters are speaking to one another
When one person is speaking
When no one is speaking
When one person is speaking, but it must be to someone else
What is a dress rehearsal?
It's when the costume designer gets to show her design to the director and performers
It's a rehearsal just for the crew
It's a rehearsal just for the dresses
it's a rehearsal using all costumes, props, scenery, and other technical elements
What are scenery flats?
Pieces of scenery that make up the walls
Hardware used to join two set pieces together
The part of the scenery you can stand on
The curtains in the back of the scenery
What is the fly loft?
The place where the orchestra sits to play their instruments
The backstage area directly behind the scenery
The room where the actors sit in to wait for the show to start
The empty space above the stage used for bringing up and down scenery and other technical elements
What is the front of house?
A place to store scenery
A place to store costumes
It's where the lobby, bathrooms, and concession are located
It's where the audience sits
What are the given circumstances in a show?
The crazy circumstances the characters get themselves into
All the information given by the playwright about the play
The information given by the director
All the circumstances created by the actors
What's a green room?
A room where scenery is built
A room where the actors hang out
A room where the tech crew work
A room where the concessions are sold
What is "hitting your mark?"
When an actor stands on the right spot or tech crew puts something in the right place
When the tech crew throws something across the stage
When the actors get the lines right
When the performers come out to bow
What are curtain legs?
Curtains on the top of the stage
Curtains on the side of the stage
Curtains across the back of the stage
Curtains that go across the middle of the stage
What are "levels?"
Vertical positions on stage (up and down)
Horizontal positions on stage (left and right)
Going deeper in or out of character
Scenery elevators
What are lyrics?
The words an actor speaks
The music on the page
The words a singer sings
The notes a singer sings
What is a matinee?
An afternoon show
A fish
A large fish
A large beam used for multiple lights
What is a monologue?
When an actor is speaking alone
When an actor is the only one speaking to other people
One person writing a play alone
When one person is speaking to exactly two people and only two people
What does it mean to be "off-book?"
When an actor doesn't know any of their lines
When the director directs without using the script
When the producer has made all the money back that was put into the show
When an actor knows all of his or her lines very well
What is the orchestra pit?
Any empty space near the stage for the orchestra to play instruments
The seeds the orchestra spit out before they play their instruments
The place the orchestra is put before the show begins when they are not playing
The place above the stage where scenery and instruments are held for storage
What is pantomime?
Pretending to use invisible objects and scenery
Pretending to use your body as scenery
Using props in the show
A show featuring mimes
What are planes on stage?
Planes with wings used for scenery
Windows used for scenery
Stage positions going forward and backward
Stage positions going up and down
What do we call the person who writes the play?
Screenwriter
Novelist
Playwright
Just an author
How is a play script divided?
Into chapters
Into sections
Into acts and scenes
Into periods
What do we call the items actors hold in the hands while acting?
Tools
Costumes
Props
Scripts
What is the name of the frame the audience looks through on stage to watch a play?
The picture frame
Just a frame
Proscenium arch
Viewing hole
What does it mean to rehearse?
To practice the same thing over and over until it gets better
To practice something once
To try something once then give up
To write up a plan and have it in your head
What is it called when you pay someone to use their script?
Giving them permission
Obtaining due permission
Getting the gig
Obtaining rights or royalties
What do we call all the performances from the first day of the show to the last day of a show?
A run
A stretch
The set
A match
What is it called when the performers try out everything they've practiced so far?
A run-through
A good attempt
A dress rehearsal
Call time
What is the little part of the script used at auditions?
Tiny script
Sample script
An aside
A side
What is it called when a character is speaking alone on stage?
A monologue
Solitude
A soliloquy
A dialogue
What does it mean to spike a set?
Put juice backstage
Throw footballs backstage
Put down a little mark on stage
Put something undesirable on stage
In a script, the words in parenthesis that are not spoken out loud during the play are called...
The stage directions
The director's commentary
The emotional recall
Sense memory
What does it mean to strike something from the stage?
To remove it
To break it
To cross it out with a pen or pencil
To write it down
A frozen picture of actors on stage is a...
Tableau
Picture
Freeze frame
Footloose
The actor that performs for another actor that can't perform is called...
A cover
A backup
A stage cover
An understudy
Drawing attention away from where it's supposed to be on stage is called...
Upstaging
Downstaging
Selfish
Throwing spotlight
The wings of the stage are...
Where the actors hang backstage in couches and sometimes there are microwaves and TVs
Below the stage
To the sides of the stage, used for waiting in during a show and other technical elements
Above the stage
What is a cyclorama?
A cartoon featuring stage crew
A large solid curtain or wall at the back of the stage
A panoramic set design
A set using wheels or castors
What is a dramaturg?
The first performers in Greece
A master actor
An expert technician
A literary advisor for drama
What is a plot? (like a lighting or mic plot, used for technical theater)
It's like a plan on paper where things will go
It's a plan to destroy something
It's a story for the technicians
It's a literary device
When a stage or the house is sloped at an angle we call it...
Raked
Angled
Warped
Gradiented
A teaser curtain...
Is at the top of the stage
Is at the sides of the stage
Only comes on briefly
Is never seen
A stage that is partially in the audience (has audience on more than one side of the stage) is called...
A port stage
A cork stage
A thrust stage
A proscenium stage
A stage with an audience all around (on every side) is...
Called theater in the round or arena
Not possible
Called port theater
Better for storytelling
