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Theater Terms Flashcards

1
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Acting areas

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The performance space

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Aisle

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Passage through seating

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Apron

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Section of stage which project past the proscenium arch toward the audience

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ASM

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Assistant stage manager

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Audition

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Process where the director asks the performer to give a cold reading.

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Auditorium

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The part of the theater where the audience sits AkA the house

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Backstage

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The part of the stage that is out of view of the audience

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Blackout

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Complete absence of stage lighting

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Blocking

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Movement on the stage by the actors

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Border

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Narrow horizontal cloth which masks the lighting hardware

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Box office

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Part of the theater, in the front of the house where patrons can buy tickets

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Call

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Notification of a working session, a rehearsal or performance

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Cast

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Members of an acting company

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Casting

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Process of the director selecting actors to preform in a play

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Chief electrician

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Senior member of the lighting team

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Choreographer

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Person charged with setting dances in a production

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Company

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Cast crew and others associated with a show

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Conductor

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Director of the orchestra

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Costume designer/costumer

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Person who designs and or purchases wardrobe for the actors

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Costumes

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Clothes worn by the actors onstage

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Critic

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A journalist who reviews Theatrical performances

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Cue line

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Line delivered by an actor to activate the next actor to speak

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Curtain call

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Applause for the actors – the bows

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Cyclorama

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A curved plane cloth at the back of the stage to give the effect of distance

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Dance captain

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Dan chosen to lead rehearsals and warm up

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Dancer

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Member of the company who has no dialogue but must be choreograph

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Dialogue

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Spoken text of the play

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Director

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Person responsible for the overall artistic view of the production

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Downstage

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Part of the stage nearest the audience

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Dramatist

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The playwright

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Dress rehearsal

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A full rehearsal where all technical elements are brought together

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Dressing rooms

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Rooms were actors hang costumes and put on make up

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Fight choreographer

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Person who stages combat scenes

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Financial backer

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Person responsible for investing money in the production

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Flat

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A light weight frame covered with Canvas

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Grip

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Stagehand in charge of moving scenery

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House

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The audience/auditorium

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House manager

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Person responsible for ticketing and any audience related matter

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In the round

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Where the audience surrounds the playing area

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Lighting designer

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Person in charge of overall look of lighting

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Lyricist

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The author of the words of a song in a musical

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Musical director

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Person responsible for the musical elements in a show

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Offstage

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Movement toward the side of the stage that which is not on stage

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Producer

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Person in charge of the financial contractual side of the production

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Props

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Furnishings and set dressings in the play

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Proscenium arch

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Opening in the wall which stands between the stage and auditorium

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Rake stage

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A slope stage which is raised at the back

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Set

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The stage setting

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Set designer

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Person who creates the settings

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Sound designer

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Person responsible for the sound playback microphone placement and equipment

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Stage crew

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Personnel that movie scenery during a production

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Tech

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Sound and lighting staff

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Technical director

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Person in charge of sound and lighting

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Upstage

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Area of the stage farthest from the audience

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Wings

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The area out of view of the audience

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Act

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Subdivisions between sections of plays

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