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Theater Vocabulary 1
Madeline Weiss Theater Arts
Term | Definition |
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Actor/Actress | A male or female person who performs a role in a play, work of theater, or movie. |
Blocking | The planning and working out of the movements of actors on stage. |
Center stage | The center or middle of the area defined as the stage. |
Character/ Characterization | The development and portrayal of a personality through thought, action, dialogue costuming, and makeup. |
Comedy | A theatrical work that is intentionally humorous. |
Cue | A signal, verbal or physical, that indicates a line of dialogue or an entrance is about to happen by an actor. |
dialogue | The conversation between actors on stage. |
Director | The person who oversees the entire production of staging a theatrical production. |
Downstage | The stage area towrad the audience. |
Dress Rehearsals | The final few rehearsals prior to opening night in which the show is. It is run with full technical elements including costumes and make up . |
Gestures | An expressive movement of the body. |
Improvisation | A spontaneous style of theater through which scenes are created without advance rehearsals or script. |
Monologue | A long single speech by a single character. |
Pantomime | Acting without words through facial expressions, gestures and movements. |
Play | The stage representative of a story, a dramatic composition |
Props | Items carried on stage by an actor or items used on the set. |
Rehearsal | Practice in sessions in which actors and technicians prepare for public performances. |
Script | The written text of a play |
Stage crew | The backstage technical crew responsible for running the show- move set pieces, change scenery and pull curtains. |
Stage Manager | The directors assistant who runs backstage and is responsible for running each performance. |
Stage left | The left side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience. |
Stage right | The right side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience. |
Theater | To imitate or represent life in performance for other people |
Tragedy | A theatrical work that focuses on great suffering, destruction, or distress. |
Upstage | The Stage area away from the audience. |