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Howes Acting Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| To improvise stage business or conversation | Ad Lib |
| the area behind the set or that part of the stage that is not visible to the audience | Backstage |
| an acting role with very few lines | Bit Part |
| any specific action performed on the stage | Business |
| a movement in a direction opposite to a cross to balance the stage picture | Counter Cross |
| the movement by an actor from one location onstage to another | Cross |
| the last words, action, or technical effect that immediately precedes any line or business | Cue |
| the curtain or drapery that shuts off the stage from the audience | Curtain |
| to break into the speech of another character | Cut In |
| the part of the stage toward the audience | Downstage |
| a technical term, placing furnishings, pictures, and similar items to complete and balance the set | Dressing the Stage |
| to move onto the stage | Enter |
| to leave the stage | Exit |
| items such as tools, weapons, or luggage carried onstage by an individual actor | Hand Props |
| terms used to refer to the stage from an actor's point of view, not from that of the audience | Left and Right |
| off the visible stage | Offstage |
| on the visible stage | Onstage |
| to speak when someone else is speaking | Overlap |
| the movement or sweep of the play as it progresses | Pace |
| small props that are usually carried in an actor's costume, such as money, matches, a pipe, or pen | Personal Props |
| the stage command for actors to take their positions at the opening of an act or scene | Places |
| the main characters in a play or the named characters in a musical | Principles |
| all the stage furnishings, including furniture and those items brought onstage by actors set/the scenery for an act or scene | Properties |
| properties set onstage for the use of actors | Set Props |
| attracting attention from the person to whom the audience's interest legitimately belongs | Stealing a Scene |
| the unstated or "between the lines" meaning that an actor must draw from the script | Subtext |
| giving an actor the freedom to move over the entire stage area | Taking the Stage |
| the area toward the rear of the stage - away from the audience | Upstage |
| a small acting part that has no lines | Walk on |
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