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Drama Vocabulary Act- To portray a character on stage.
A large division/portion of a play.
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Acting Area- Another word for stage
Every stage is an acting area, but not every acting area is a stage.
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Action- The essential ingredient in any play/scene.
Order to start acting.
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Ad lib- To improvise or make something up to cover a mistake on stage.
Random talk (like everyone talking at once.)
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Ambiguity- Comedy Tactic. Double meaning or a play on words.
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Anticipation- Another comedy tactic.
Waiting for the expected to happen.
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Apron- The part of the stage between the front curtain and the front edge of the stage.
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Arena- A stage with seating all the way around it.
Sometimes called theatre-in-the-round.
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Aside- A line delivered directly to the audience with the assumption that no other characters on stage heard it.
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Audition- Trying out for a part in a play.
***You are actually auditioning all of the time.***
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Auditorium- The part of the theatre where the audience sits.
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Drama Vocabulary Backdrop-
Large hanging sheet of muslin painted to look like scenery. Covers the whole back wall of the stage.
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Backstage- Any area immediately off stage on either side.
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Bit Part- A smaller role in a production.
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Blocking Rehearsal- Rehearsal where stage directions are given to the cast by the director.
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Book- Another name for the script.
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Business- Actions/body language/ mannerisms that you create for the character you are playing.
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Callbacks- An audition where the director takes a closer look at those that are still in the running to get a part.
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Character- The person or thing that you have created to play on stage.
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Characterization- The process you go through to develop a character (research, observation, etc..)
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Chorus- A group or ensemble of performers all doing the same thing (singing, dancing, chanting, etc.).
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Climax- Part of PLOT. Turning point of the play.
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Drama Vocabulary Closet Drama-
A play that’s intended to be read, but not performed.
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Comedy- Play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way.
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Concentration- Directing all your thoughts, skills and energy toward a given goal. (Staying in character)
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conclusion- Part of plot. The end of the story.
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Conflict- Struggle between characters, ideas or any two opposing forces.
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Cross- To move from one place to another on stage.
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Cue- The last few words, action, or effect, that signal an actor to speak, enter, exit, move, etc..
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Cut- Order to stop what is going on, onstage.
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Dialogue- Spoken words between two or more characters.
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Diction- The selection and pronunciation of words.
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Director- The person in charge of all aspects of a production, putting it all together.
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Drama Vocabulary Etiquette- Proper audience behavior.
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Farce- Comedy using clowning, practical jokes, and improbable characters or situations.
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Foreshadowing- Emphasized lines, actions, or ideas that give clues to something that will happen later on.
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Comedy Tragedy Mystery Genre- Drama
A category characterized by a particular style.
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Gesture- Movement of any part of the body to help express something.
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Glib- Practicing lines, back and forth, as quickly as possible, all for repetition and memorization.
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Ham- Overacting.
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Improvisation- Acting without any pre-planned action or script.
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Incongruity- Comedy Tactic. Anything out of time, place or character.
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Inflection- Making the pitch of your voice vary up and down, to avoid being monotone.
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Initial Incident- Part of PLOT.
The moment that kicks off the story line of the play.
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Intent- The inner force driving a character’s behavior.
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Drama Vocabulary Laugh Curve-
The upward and downward wave of laughter produced by an audience.
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Leading Roles- The main characters in a story’s plot.
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Melodrama- Play characterized by keeping an audience involved by any means possible. Hero, Villain, damsel in distress…
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Memorizing- Committing lines of dialogue to memory.
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Milk- Getting the absolute most reaction, from the audience, out of a line or bit of action.
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Monologue- A speech by a single actor.
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Mood- The emotional feeling of a play.
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Moral- Lesson or principle being taught in a play.
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Offbook- All lines are memorized. No scripts in hands.
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Pace- The speed of the play.
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Drama Vocabulary Parody- Poking fun at a classic work of literature.
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Pick up the cues- Cut out the unnecessary pauses between lines, to make the dialogue sound more natural.
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Pitch- The upward and/or downward sound of the voice that eliminates monotone.
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Plot- A series of related events that move the storyline of a play along.
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Principals- The leading roles in a play.
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Producer- The person with all the money, who hires and/or fires the entire staff of a production and pays for all expenses of the production.
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Projection- The loudness of the voice. Fill the room.
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Props- Anything carried on/off stage by one of the actors.
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Horseplay Quit Screwing Around- Alright, what do you think this means?
Stop goofing off and wasting time.
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A-ha! Recognition- A comedy tactic.
Where two separate events, are put together, and the two of them together make a comic moment.
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Drama Vocabulary Relief- Comedy tactic.
Comic moment used to break up a serious moment or to relieve pressure.
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Scene Stealing- Taking attention away from the focus of the scene and drawing it to yourself.
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Script- The written text of a play.
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Set- The scenery for an act or a scene.
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Situation- Problem or challenge a character must face.
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Soliloquy- Inner thoughts being revealed by one actor, alone on stage. A long speech by one performer.
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Spontaneity- Fresh performance.
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Spoof- A farce that pokes fun at certain subjects or time periods.
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Stage Manager- The person completely in charge backstage during rehearsals and performance.
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Drama Vocabulary Strike-
To remove an object(s) from the stage; to take down the set.
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Subtext- Meaning “between the lines,” that an actor must draw from the script.
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Supporting Roles- Characters who act as contrasts to the principal (lead) characters.
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Theater/Theatre- Performance art.
Building used for presentation of a play.
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Theme- The basic idea of a play.
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Thespian- An actor, or relating to the theatre. Named after Thespis.
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Timing- Delivery of a line or action, at just the right moment, giving it the fullest effect possible.
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Tragedy- Play where the protagonist fails to achieve goals or is overcome by opposing forces.
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Upstaging- Improperly taking attention from another actor who should have the focus.
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Volume- Loudness or Softness of the voice.
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Whodunit- Another word for a good ol’ fashioned murder mystery or courtroom drama.
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