th terminology - sec 3

ensemble

a group of actors working together to create an artistic whole rather than stressing

role

the character a particular actor performs

script

the text of the play includes stage directions and dialogue

dialogue

conversation among characters

stage directions

instruction for the character's physical instructions onstage

cheating out

staying open to the audience

cross

moving across the stage towards a specific location

counter cross

moving in the opposite direction of an actor making a cross

full front/full back

facing toward the audience/completely turned away from the audience

profile

sideways perpendicular to the audience

break a leg

ir is a typical english idiom to wish a performer good luck. in truth its origins are for the performer to reach the end of the performance and curtsy, bending the leg or to "break a leg"