theater quiz

Ensemble

A group of people working together to achieve the same objective

Objective

What a character in a scene wants ex. Intentions, needs or motivation

Character

A person in a play or a fictional character played by an Actor

Action

What a character in a scene does to achieve their objective

Obstacle

When something is preventing a character from achieving their goal, ex psychological, emotional, physical

Tatic

What a character does in a scene to achieve their objective or overcome an obstacle

Conflict

Tension between two chacaters or within themselves that threatens them from achieving their objective

Statues

A perceived importance of a character in a scene

Given circumstances

Information about time,place, character history, that informs the actions of a character in a scene

Beat

An objective that stays consistent, unless the character achieves their goal or gives up

Dialogue

Information shared between two characters in a scene

Monologue

When a character talks to the audience or themselves in which they are received to be talking to themselves or thinking out loud

Tableau

Motionless figures portraying a scene in the story

Improvisation

A skill in which the creation, or performance is made from un scripted material

Focus

The mental or physical attention on the artist or audience ex giving or taking focus

Diction

The qualities of sound which allows sounds to be shaped and formed into words

Projection

The qualities of speech which allow it to be heard

Relaxation

To act without physical, vocal, or mental tension that comes from the actor themselves

Cue

A stage action or line that triggers another action or line

Cold reading

Reading a script without any extensive preparation

Off book

Being able to read your lines without a script

Notes

Instruction given from a director to actors or designers

Isolation

Being able to move one body part at a time

Center

The part of the body from which an actors character or voice, movement originates

Blocking

Where character and actors are during a scene

Open

Position yoursself so the audience can see your entire body

Upstage

Away from the audience

Downstage

Closer to the audience

Stage left

The actors left while facing the audience

Stage right

An actors right while facing the audience

Center stage

The middle of the stage

Off stage

When an actor is not on stage

Cross

When an actor moves from one position to another

Upstaging

Doing something on stage that takes focus from another actor

The dramaturg

The historian that has done extensive research in the literacy and biographical material in the script

Stage manager

Helps with auditions, writes down notes and takes full charge of the backstage operations and then is in charge of opening for the show or the shown completely