Theater Vocabulary

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Question 1
Arena stage
The audience is on all four side of the stage
Aside
When the actor speaks to the audience and the rest of the actors on stage pretend not to hear.
Bit part
A part with very few speaking lines. A small part in the play
Blocking
The instructions the director gives during rehearsal about where to stand, when to enter, and how to say the line.
Center stage
The middle of the stage
Chorus
The men who sang the story to the audience.
Cold reading
An audition in which the actor uses a script that he or she has never read before.
Cross
To move across the stage.
Cue
The dialogue, movement, sound effect, or silence that lets the actor know it is his/her time to do (or say) something.
Dialogue
The lines an actor says in a play. A conversation between two actors.
Director
The person in charge.
Down stage
The area of the stage closest to the audience.
Drama
To do or act.
Effective voice
Bodily relaxation
Ensemble
When no one actor is more important that anyone else in the cast.