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Stagecraft/Basic Vocab

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

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1.

What is the "4th wall?"

a)

The wall that is built last as part of the set

b)

The invisible wall between actors and audience

c)

The inner depth that actors must achieve

d)

The tallest wall in a set

2.

What's an aside?

a)

Something on the side of an actor

b)

Something on the side of the stage

c)

When a character speaks to the audience without other characters knowing

d)

When a character speaks to another character without the audience knowing

3.

What's an audition panel?

a)

A group of people that watch auditions and make decisions about who will be in a show

b)

A group of people waiting to audition

c)

A wall in the audition room

d)

The group of people who will be in the show

4.

An author...

a)

Writes plays only

b)

Writes movies only

c)

Writes anything

d)

Writes musicals only

5.

What is blocking?

a)

An actors movements on stage

b)

Standing in someone's or something's way on stage

c)

Not moving on stage

d)

Stacking up blocks for the set

6.

What is a box set?

a)

A set made with at least 3 walls and closed in all around

b)

A set made with cardboard boxes or any type of box

c)

A collection of play scripts

d)

A set that looks like a giant box with a lid

7.

What is Broadway?

a)

A candy bar named after a famous playwright

b)

A company that produces plays

c)

A street and section of New York known for producing many plays

d)

Anywhere theater is performed

8.

What is a call back?

a)

When an actor calls the stage crew for something

b)

When an actor is asked to come audition a second time

c)

When a producer calls the director

d)

When an actor refers to something not in the script

9.

What does it mean when an actor "calls for a line?"

a)

That's when an actor forgets a line and says, "line" to the stage manager

b)

That's when an actor asks the director for more lines

c)

That's when a director asks the actor to speak more clearly

d)

That's when a director asks the stage manager to write more lines for the actor

10.

What is a cast in theater?

a)

When an actor breaks a leg and gets a hard bandage on it

b)

When the stage carpenter makes a mold of an actors body

c)

When the crew goes fishing after the show

d)

It is all the performers in the production

11.

What does it mean to "break a leg" in theater?

a)

It's when someone gets hurt in the show

b)

It's what you say to mean "good luck"

c)

It's when the producer can't pay back his loans

d)

It's when the performers go out to party after the show

12.

What does it mean to "cross" the stage?

a)

It means to move from one place to another

b)

It means to take something off of it

c)

It means to paint the sets

d)

It's when the actors pray before a show

13.

What is a cue?

a)

A signal for something to happen

b)

A tool used for shooting pool

c)

Hitting your mark dead on the spot

d)

Being on time

14.

What is dialogue? Pronounced die-uh-log

a)

When two or more characters are speaking to one another

b)

When one person is speaking

c)

When no one is speaking

d)

When one person is speaking, but it must be to someone else

15.

What is a dress rehearsal?

a)

It's when the costume designer gets to show her design to the director and performers

b)

It's a rehearsal just for the crew

c)

It's a rehearsal just for the dresses

d)

it's a rehearsal using all costumes, props, scenery, and other technical elements

16.

What are scenery flats?

a)

Pieces of scenery that make up the walls

b)

Hardware used to join two set pieces together

c)

The part of the scenery you can stand on

d)

The curtains in the back of the scenery

17.

What is the fly loft?

a)

The place where the orchestra sits to play their instruments

b)

The backstage area directly behind the scenery

c)

The room where the actors sit in to wait for the show to start

d)

The empty space above the stage used for bringing up and down scenery and other technical elements

18.

What is the front of house?

a)

A place to store scenery

b)

A place to store costumes

c)

It's where the lobby, bathrooms, and concession are located

d)

It's where the audience sits

19.

What are the given circumstances in a show?

a)

The crazy circumstances the characters get themselves into

b)

All the information given by the playwright about the play

c)

The information given by the director

d)

All the circumstances created by the actors

20.

What's a green room?

a)

A room where scenery is built

b)

A room where the actors hang out

c)

A room where the tech crew work

d)

A room where the concessions are sold

21.

What is "hitting your mark?"

a)

When an actor stands on the right spot or tech crew puts something in the right place

b)

When the tech crew throws something across the stage

c)

When the actors get the lines right

d)

When the performers come out to bow

22.

What are curtain legs?

a)

Curtains on the top of the stage

b)

Curtains on the side of the stage

c)

Curtains across the back of the stage

d)

Curtains that go across the middle of the stage

23.

What are "levels?"

a)

Vertical positions on stage (up and down)

b)

Horizontal positions on stage (left and right)

c)

Going deeper in or out of character

d)

Scenery elevators

24.

What are lyrics?

a)

The words an actor speaks

b)

The music on the page

c)

The words a singer sings

d)

The notes a singer sings

25.

What is a matinee?

a)

An afternoon show

b)

A fish

c)

A large fish

d)

A large beam used for multiple lights

26.

What is a monologue?

a)

When an actor is speaking alone

b)

When an actor is the only one speaking to other people

c)

One person writing a play alone

d)

When one person is speaking to exactly two people and only two people

27.

What does it mean to be "off-book?"

a)

When an actor doesn't know any of their lines

b)

When the director directs without using the script

c)

When the producer has made all the money back that was put into the show

d)

When an actor knows all of his or her lines very well

28.

What is the orchestra pit?

a)

Any empty space near the stage for the orchestra to play instruments

b)

The seeds the orchestra spit out before they play their instruments

c)

The place the orchestra is put before the show begins when they are not playing

d)

The place above the stage where scenery and instruments are held for storage

29.

What is pantomime?

a)

Pretending to use invisible objects and scenery

b)

Pretending to use your body as scenery

c)

Using props in the show

d)

A show featuring mimes

30.

What are planes on stage?

a)

Planes with wings used for scenery

b)

Windows used for scenery

c)

Stage positions going forward and backward

d)

Stage positions going up and down

31.

What do we call the person who writes the play?

a)

Screenwriter

b)

Novelist

c)

Playwright

d)

Just an author

32.

How is a play script divided?

a)

Into chapters

b)

Into sections

c)

Into acts and scenes

d)

Into periods

33.

What do we call the items actors hold in the hands while acting?

a)

Tools

b)

Costumes

c)

Props

d)

Scripts

34.

What is the name of the frame the audience looks through on stage to watch a play?

a)

The picture frame

b)

Just a frame

c)

Proscenium arch

d)

Viewing hole

35.

What does it mean to rehearse?

a)

To practice the same thing over and over until it gets better

b)

To practice something once

c)

To try something once then give up

d)

To write up a plan and have it in your head

36.

What is it called when you pay someone to use their script?

a)

Giving them permission

b)

Obtaining due permission

c)

Getting the gig

d)

Obtaining rights or royalties

37.

What do we call all the performances from the first day of the show to the last day of a show?

a)

A run

b)

A stretch

c)

The set

d)

A match

38.

What is it called when the performers try out everything they've practiced so far?

a)

A run-through

b)

A good attempt

c)

A dress rehearsal

d)

Call time

39.

What is the little part of the script used at auditions?

a)

Tiny script

b)

Sample script

c)

An aside

d)

A side

40.

What is it called when a character is speaking alone on stage?

a)

A monologue

b)

Solitude

c)

A soliloquy

d)

A dialogue

41.

What does it mean to spike a set?

a)

Put juice backstage

b)

Throw footballs backstage

c)

Put down a little mark on stage

d)

Put something undesirable on stage

42.

In a script, the words in parenthesis that are not spoken out loud during the play are called...

a)

The stage directions

b)

The director's commentary

c)

The emotional recall

d)

Sense memory

43.

What does it mean to strike something from the stage?

a)

To remove it

b)

To break it

c)

To cross it out with a pen or pencil

d)

To write it down

44.

A frozen picture of actors on stage is a...

a)

Tableau

b)

Picture

c)

Freeze frame

d)

Footloose

45.

The actor that performs for another actor that can't perform is called...

a)

A cover

b)

A backup

c)

A stage cover

d)

An understudy

46.

Drawing attention away from where it's supposed to be on stage is called...

a)

Upstaging

b)

Downstaging

c)

Selfish

d)

Throwing spotlight

47.

The wings of the stage are...

a)

Where the actors hang backstage in couches and sometimes there are microwaves and TVs

b)

Below the stage

c)

To the sides of the stage, used for waiting in during a show and other technical elements

d)

Above the stage

48.

What is a cyclorama?

a)

A cartoon featuring stage crew

b)

A large solid curtain or wall at the back of the stage

c)

A panoramic set design

d)

A set using wheels or castors

49.

What is a dramaturg?

a)

The first performers in Greece

b)

A master actor

c)

An expert technician

d)

A literary advisor for drama

50.

What is a plot? (like a lighting or mic plot, used for technical theater)

a)

It's like a plan on paper where things will go

b)

It's a plan to destroy something

c)

It's a story for the technicians

d)

It's a literary device

51.

When a stage or the house is sloped at an angle we call it...

a)

Raked

b)

Angled

c)

Warped

d)

Gradiented

52.

A teaser curtain...

a)

Is at the top of the stage

b)

Is at the sides of the stage

c)

Only comes on briefly

d)

Is never seen

53.

A stage that is partially in the audience (has audience on more than one side of the stage) is called...

a)

A port stage

b)

A cork stage

c)

A thrust stage

d)

A proscenium stage

54.

A stage with an audience all around (on every side) is...

a)

Called theater in the round or arena

b)

Not possible

c)

Called port theater

d)

Better for storytelling