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WorksheetsDrama Vocab Part 2
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Using dramatic devices to bring a scene to a climactic moment.
Building a Scene
Destroying a Scene
Holmes and Watson
Saving Christmas (With Kirk Cameron)
Theatrical Style in which the actors do not acknowledge the presence of the audience.
Representational Style
Represent
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
The first Fantastic Four
An imaginary wall between the audience and the actors in a play (or movie)-breaking it requires addressing the audience.
The Fourth Wall
Deadpool
Wayne's World
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Theatrical style in which the actors acknowledge the presence of the audience.
Presentational Style
Present
Style
Cookie
Rehearsing without a script.
Off Book
Off
Book
Coronavirus
A complete reading of the play aloud by the assembled cast.
Read Through/Table Read
Through
Table
Read
To mark the floor of a rehearsal space with tape.
Spike
Porcupine
Shrapnel
Splinter
To take down the set.
Strike
Hit
Kick
Blast
Someone who learns the role for the purpose of performing in the absence of the actor.
Understudy/Standby
Under
Study
Stand
A swing is an offstage performer responsible for covering any number of ensemble tracks.
Swing
Slide
Pole
See-Saw
To notify the cast and crew of cues, rehearsal times, the rise and fall of the curtain, locations on a film set, etc.
Call Sheet/Time
Call
Sheet
Time
A member of the stage/film crew who shifts and moves scenery/equipment.
Grip
Grab
Grap
Grib
An actor who has a major role in a show.
Principal
Teacher
Tutor
Michael Jackson
An artist who designs dances.
Choreographer
Dancer
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
A performance created by reading a script based on a literary work.
Reader's Theater
Reader's
Theater
Charles Dickens
A script for a musical/play.
Book
Magazine
Newspaper
Car Manual
A large scale performance within a musical show.
Production Number
Production
Number
THX 1138
The positions of actors at the opening of an act or scene.
Places
Spots
Stripes
Loop-De-Loops
You do your action at a specific location on set.
Hit Your Mark
Hit
Your
Mark
To speak when someone else does overlapping speech.
Overspeak
Over
Speak
Quarter
Attracting attention away from the person to whom the center of interest may belong.
Stealing a Scene
C-3po
R2-D2
BB-8
The scenery of an act/scene in a play or movie.
Set
CB-23
C1-10P
D-0
Half sheets of typed manuscript that contain the lines, cues, and business of one character.
Sides
Angles
Corners
Lines
An actor holding the center of interest.
Taking the Stage
The Mandalorian
Baby Yoda
Ahsoka
The execution of a line or piece of stage business at a specific moment to achieve the most telling effect.
Timing
Din-Djarin
Grogu
Ahsoka's Full Name
An appreciation of the art of theater.
Showmanship
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Princess Leia
What is the best movie?
Avengers: Endgame
Star Wars: A New Hope
Avatar
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
