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What is the definition for the first beats?

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A way to break up long speeches or scenes.

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What is the definition for focus (concentration)?

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Attention paid to a specific action, person, place, or event.

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What is the definition for gesture?

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A movement that expresses or emphasizes a feeling or idea. A communication signal.

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What is the definition for scene?

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The subdivision of an act in a play. identified by place and time.

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What is the definition for segue?

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To make a direct transition from one scene to another.

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What is the definition for stage business?

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Physical actions that actors develop to intensify the action or define characterization.

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What is the definition for subtext?

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What the actor is thinking while performing the text.

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What is the definition for the second beats?

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A series of scenes within a scene

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What is the definition for the third beats?

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A measure of time (designating when to begin and end an idea

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What is the definition for the second beats?

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A series of scenes within a scene

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What is the definition for the third beats?

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A measure of time (designating when to begin and end an idea

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What is the definition of theater?

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A theater is the actual building that acting occurs

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What is the definition of stage?

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Space in which actors act (often stage is elevated).

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What is the definition of house?

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A house is the actual space where performance occurs and audience sits.

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What is the green room for?

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Place that you wait after preparations before going on stage

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What is the box office for?

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A place that you purchase and pick up tickets.

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What is the control booth?

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Located in back of the house, where lighting and sound crews runs the show.

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What is the definition of auditorium?

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Assembly space to gather to hear all kinds of presentations

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What is the orchestra pit?

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Location of musicians (occurs between audience and stage)

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What is the wardrobe for?

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Where costumes are mended, prepped, ironed, and stored

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Where is the apron located?

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The front of stage in front of proscenium

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What is the proscenium?

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A structure that frames the stage for the audience’s point of view.

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What is the imaginary 4 th wall?

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Created between the proscenium and apron, audience looks through this imaginary “glass” wall

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What does it mean when you “break the 4th wall”?

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When the actor interacts or talks to the audience.

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What is the grand drape?
A curtain that closes stage to audience.
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What is the fly space?
Space above stage (audience can't see). Has lights, microphones, etc.
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What is the tormenter?
Curtains that hide the fly space
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What is the teaser?
Curtains that hide the wings.
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What is the scrim?
Heavy,white cloth (solid sheet) hung at the back of stage, and reflects light.(light defects)
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What do the abbreviations for C stand for?
Center stage
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What do the abbreviations for UC stand for?
Up stage center (moving back from center stage)
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What do the abbreviations for DC stand for?
Down center (moving towards apron)
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What do the abbreviations for RC stand for?
Right of center (from actor's point of view)
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What do the abbreviations for UR stand for?
Upstage right (from actor's perspective)
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What do the abbreviations for DR stand for?
Downstage right
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What do the abbreviations for LC stand for?
Left of center
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What do the abbreviations for UL stand for?
Upstage of stage left
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What do the abbreviations for DL stand for?
Downstage left
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What is sound?
Amplifications, and sound effects
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What is set/scenery?
Couches, beds, materials, used to create environment for acting.
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What is costumes?
Whatever worn physically to create character.
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What is script?
Written text to play.
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What is lighting?
Lights, house bar, in fly space, and spot lights.
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What is props?
Any item physically used during act.
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What is make-up?
Whatever you put on for acting | audience sees facial expression also creates character
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What is score?
Musical portion of play
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Who is the producer?
Someone who puts the show together.
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Who is the stage director?
Makes decision for blocking, artistic directions for show
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Who is the music director?
Makes all musical decisions for play
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Who is the choreographer?
Creates sequences for movements on stage.
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Who is the stage manager?
Someone who is responsible for everything that happens backstage
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Who is the scene designer?
Someone who designs and builds the set and scenery
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Who is the lighting designer?
Someone who creates lighting design plan, and prepares
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Who is the gafter (light board operator)?
Someone who runs the lights during the show
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Who is the sound design?
Someone in charge of designing the use of sound effects and microphones.
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Who is the sound engineer?
Someone who runs the sound
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Who is the property (props) manager?
Someone who helps,plan and maintains props.
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Who is the costume designer?
someone who researches and designs costumes. Also builds and maintains clothing to be made (if needed from scratch)
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Who is the wardrobe manager?
Someone who prepares, stores, mends, and maintains costumes (does in advance)
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Who is the technical (tech) director?
Someone in charge of the stage crew
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Who is the stage crew/grips?
Someone who is backstage-moves sets, physically runs the show
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Who is the make-up designer?
Someone who designs make-up, makes templates/makes choice of what to put in
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Who is the make up artist?
someone who applies the make up designs
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What is the definition of a dialogue?
a conversation between two or more people
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What is the definition for ensemble?
A group of people who regularly perform together.A no-star system-everyone is equally important.
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What is the definition of monologue?
A single speaking actor. (talking to them self)
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What is the definition of rehearsal?
A practice in preparation for a public performance. Repetition to perfect the show.
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What is the definition of dress rehearsal?
Total run through of the performance. This rehearsal is considered a real performance. Has costumes, hand props, makeup, lighting, etc.
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What is the definition for technical rehearsal?
Run through of all technical related things-the lighting, sound, set, etc
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What is the definition of run-through?
rehearsal technique in which actors go through the complete performance from beginning to end without stopping.
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What is the definition for a walk-through?
Rehearsal technique in which the performer indicates complete performance, especially focusing on cues and blocking. Completed with less energy than full performance energy
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What is the definition for act?
The divisions of a play, each may contain one or more scenes. to make something happen. to do or perform something.
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What is the definition of acting positions?
Terms that describe the actor's onstage positions on a proscenium stage.
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What is the definition of shared scene(cheat)?
Performers angle toward each other halfway between full-front and profile (a quarter right/left) in order to share their conversation with the audience.
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What is the definition for open up (turn out)?
Angle body more towards the audience.
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What is the definition of blocking (floor plan)?
A way to organize the action onstage. performers follow blocking in performance.
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What is the definition of character (role)?
An actor becoming a person, animal, or object.
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What is the definition for cue?
A prearranged signal to enter or exit the stage, or to begin or end and action, stage business, or dialogue, light, sound or set changes.
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What is the definition for take?
A comical action.(slipping on a banana)
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What is the definition of transition?
moments of change necessary to go from one scene to another.
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What is the definition of visualization?
Using familiar images that let out a feeling. Visualization helps actors in finding ways to play the character
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What is the definition for warm-up?
A series of exercises to help performer prepare their body and voice before a performance.

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