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Theatre Vocabulary Worksheet

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ______ is a technical rehearsal where the actors skip over scenes and dialogue that have no technical cues in them in order to run to the next cue.

a)

Cue to Cue

b)

Dress Rehearsal

c)

Blocking

d)

Table Read

2.

What the audience is able to see on stage.

a)

Sight Line

b)

Backstage

c)

Orchestra Pit

d)

Green Room

3.

An ______ is when a character breaks from the scene and talks to the audience.

a)

Aside

b)

Monologue

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Dialogue

4.

The space in a theatre where the audience is seated is called the ______.

a)

House

b)

Stage

c)

Backstage

d)

Orchestra

5.

The ______ helps backstage and with the technical parts of a performance.

a)

Stage Crew

b)

Director

c)

Choreographer

d)

Lead Actor

6.

A conversation that is spoken between two or more people is ______.

a)

Dialogue

b)

Monologue

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Narration

7.

______ is the final week of rehearsals leading up to a performance. The main purpose is to incorporate all the technical elements.

a)

Tech Week

b)

Dress Rehearsal

c)

Preview Week

d)

Opening Night

8.

______ is when an actor memorizes their lines and no longer needs their script.

a)

Off-Book

b)

On-Stage

c)

Rehearsal

d)

Improv

9.

______ is an imaginary wall that separates the actors from the audience.

a)

Fourth Wall

b)

Curtain Wall

c)

Stage Barrier

d)

Audience Divider

10.

______ has two meanings in theatre. 1. To remove an object from the stage. 2. The time following a production, when everything is taken down to make way for the next production.

a)

Strike

b)

Cue

c)

Rehearsal

d)

Intermission

11.

A signal that a line or action should begin is called a ______.

a)

Cue

b)

Clue

c)

Hint

d)

Signal

12.

______ is typically the first rehearsal of a musical when the actors and musicians come together. The German word translates to 'seated rehearsal.'

a)

Sitzprobe

b)

Generalprobe

c)

Konzertprobe

d)

Bühnenprobe

13.

______ is when an actor is asked to read from a script or perform with little or no rehearsal.

a)

Cold Reading

b)

Method Acting

c)

Improvisation

d)

Table Read

14.

______ is a term used in the theatre meaning, 'Good Luck!'

a)

Break a Leg

b)

Good Show

c)

Happy Opening

d)

Stage Success

15.

______ refers to the location of actors on the stage and their specific movement.

a)

Blocking

b)

Staging

c)

Choreography

d)

Directing

16.

What is the best definition of an ENSEMBLE?

a)

A single person who works alone

b)

Two people who are talking to each other

c)

Your parents watching the show

d)

A group of people who work together