Drama terms & word wall

MOOD Spelled backwards is

Doom

If you weren’t nervous

you’d be dead

We do it for the cause

not the applause

Live to express

not to impress

There are no small parts

only small actors

If you bring expectations into the room

you will always be disappointed (Boal)

Energy, energy

energy

Once a member of a theatre tribe

always a member of a theatre tribe

Say

Yes

A.C.R.O.W.

Animal

Character

Relationship

Objective

Where

Actor’s 3 Questions

What does the author say about me?

What do other characters say about me?

What do I say about myself?

Why animals?

to help you figure out how to portray a character's body language and the way they speak by drawing inspiration from an animal

Learning lines

by heart

Stage directions

Upstage, Downstage, Center stage, stage right, stage left

Ensemble

the entire cast

DTASC

Drama

Teacher’s

Association of

Southern

California

Libretto

The book

SRO

Standing room only

Thespian

a person who does theatre, a drama student

Being a consummate artist

knowing all the art

what gets broken when talking to the audience

the fourth wall

Why acting games? (machines, mirrors)

Responding, relaxing, warming up our instruments

Why soundbytes?

To promote a future show for NDA

Say YES applies to what?

Improve

What is the role of a dramaturge?

To do research and learn influences of the musical

Action onstage is dictated by

Objective

Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot

Tony Kushner

Angels in America

Jean Paul Sarte

No Exit

Maria Irene Fornes

Fefu and her Friends

Ntosake Shange

For Colored Girls

Tennessee Williams

A streetcar named desire

Sam Shepard

Curse of the starving class, Angel city

Henrik Ibsen

A Doll’s House

Neil Simon

I ought to be in pictures

Arthur Miller

The crucible, After the fall, death of a salesman

William Shakespeare

12th Night, Romeo and Juliet

Thornton Wilder

Our Town, Skin of our teeth

Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lillian Hellman

The children’s hour

Fredrico Garcia Lorca

Blood Wedding, House of Bernarda Alba

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart

Anton Chekhov

The seagull

David Mamet

Oleanna

Harold Pinter

The birthday party

William Saroyan

The beautiful people

Clifford Odets

Waiting for lefty

Caryl Churchill

Far Away

Anna Deavere Smith

Twilight

Luis Valdez

Zoot suit

Theresa Rebeck

The family of mann

Constantin Stanislavski

Father of acting, moscow art theater

Antonin Artaud

Theater of cruelty, avant-garde

Jerzy Grotowski

Poor theater, polish theater lab

Bertolt Brecht

Epic Theater, Berliner ensemble

Stella Adler

Art of acting, “Acting is not about the words”

Augusto Boal

Theater of the Oppressed, cry big

Duerr

Actor’s toolbox

Viola Spolin

mother of improv, “anyone can act”

Lee strasburg

Actor’s Studio, the method

Uta Hagan

Respect for acting

L. Frank Baum

WOOZ Author

Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg

Wrote music for WOOZ