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Theatre Term List 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Readings before a director to determine casting of a play

a)

Audition

b)

Callback

c)

Places

d)

Strike

2.

The set movement of all the actors on stage throughout the play.

a)

Exit

b)

Call back

c)

Blocking

d)

Direction

3.

An additional audition for the final actors being considered. Similar to semifinals in sports.

a)

Audition

b)

Call back

c)

Run through

d)

Improvisation

4.

Movement from one area of the stage to another.

a)

Counter-cross

b)

Cross

c)

Center stage

d)

Blocking

5.

A direction given to all actors, musicians, and technicians to leave the stage

a)

Clear the stage

b)

Places

c)

Blocking

d)

Run through

6.

A small movement in the opposite direction to the cross made by another character.

a)

Cross

b)

Counter-cross

c)

Take the stage

d)

Places

7.

A direction given to all performers to go to their spot at the start of the play

a)

Blocking

b)

Clear the stage

c)

Places

d)

Cross

8.

Command to leave the acting area.

a)

Places

b)

Take the stage

c)

Cross

d)

Exit

9.

The time the actor is to report to rehearsal or the performance.

a)

Dress rehearsal

b)

Call time

c)

Places

d)

Take the stage

10.

Rehearsal conducted as if it was an actual performance.

a)

Improvisation

b)

Take the stage

c)

Cross

d)

Dress rehearsal

11.

Taking down, changing out and putting away costumes, props and set pieces after a production.

a)

Strike

b)

Run through

c)

Dress rehearsal

d)

Call time

12.

A spontaneous style of acting using unrehearsed and unscripted acting scenes.

a)

Improvisation

b)

Curtain call

c)

Strike

d)

Dress rehearsal

13.

An uninterrupted rehearsal of a scene, act, or the entire play.

a)

Curtain call

b)

Counter-cross

c)

Run through

d)

Stike

14.

Bow at the end of the show

a)

Strike

b)

Cross

c)

Dress rehearsal

d)

Curtain call

15.

A term of warning used to call attention to overheard danger.

a)

Heads up!

b)

Exit

c)

Countercross

d)

Run through

16.

The area of the stage that is the furthest from the audience.

a)

Stage right

b)

Stage left

c)

Upstage

d)

Downstage

17.

The area of the stage that is the closest to the audience.

a)

Upstage

b)

Stage left

c)

Downstage

d)

Stage right

18.

The right side of the stage from the actor’s point of view (facing the audience).

a)

Stage right

b)

Stage left

c)

Center stage

d)

Downstage

19.

The left side of the stage from the actor’s point of view (facing the audience).

a)

Stage left

b)

Stage right

c)

Downstage

d)

Center stage

20.

Center of the stage

a)

Downstage

b)

Full front

c)

Center stage

d)

Upstage

21.

Facing the stage

a)

Countercross

b)

Full front

c)

Upstage

d)

Downstage

22.

Facing away from the stage

a)

Full front

b)

Center stage

c)

Countercross

d)

Full back