1. Theatre Terminology

2. Fourth Wall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmhcgZpBGRo
Fourth Wall - The invisible wall that separates the actors and the audience
Illusion of the First Time - An actor’s tool to make everything new and fresh
Script - The text the playwright gives the actor to work from
Side - A portion of the script – usually used for auditions or when the script is large and the actor only has a bit part.

3. Open Up - Physically turn your body so the audience can see you
Approach the studying of acting:
16 Bars - In music, this is the usual amount that an actor will sing at the audition
Counter - A type of blocking move where an actor moves to open a window for other actors
 Open Up - Physically turn your body so the audience can see you
 Cross - A blocking move across the stage to another position
Windows - Creating pockets on actors onstage so that every actor can be seen

4. Staging Techniques: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9N2XC3N6sc
Proscenium - Type of stage that is shaped like a picture frame
 Thrust - Type of stage that juts out from the proscenium arch
Black Box - Type of theatre (usually used for experimental theatre) where the stage and audience positions can be changed
In the Round - Type of stage where the audience surrounds the actors and the action taking place onstage

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbKePkl4deE (Prop and Set design)
Prop - Anything the actor picks up with his hands and moves around the stage
Set - The scenery, furniture, etc. that make up what the audience sees onstage; doesn’t move
Theatre - The art form that we study
Theater - The place where we perform theatre

6. Terminology continued…
Improvisation - No set script; make it up as you go along  
Subtext - The “writing between the lines” what the characters are really saying without saying it
Motivation - Why your character does what they do
Exposition - What we know about each character at the beginning of the action
Pantomime - Using the body to tell a story without words
HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORM A FIRST DATE

7. Protagonist - The hero of the show
History of Theatre: From Ritual to Theatre (10 minutes)
Protagonist - The hero of the show
Antagonist - Whoever is against the hero
Watch:
Chorus - (Usually in Greek theatre) the characters without names that move and speak together Example:
Ensemble - All the actors that are not principal players
Climax - The highest point of the action – the turning point
Reacting - What the actor who is not speaking does while other actors are speaking