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| monologue | a speech by a single character without another character's response |
| staging | the act of producing a play |
| blocking | a set of directions for an actor's movement on stage |
| pronunciation | pronouncing a word correctly |
| enunciation | clearly separating each word so that one can be heard distinctly |
| empathy | using voice to create an emotion |
| projection | to make the voice carry |
| dialogue | Characters' speech is preceded by their names. The conversation of characters. |
| set | all of the physical pieces on the stage which create the setting |
| stage directions | A playwright's descriptive comments that provide readers and actors with information about the dialogue, setting and action of the play. |
| upstage | is a stage direction, indicating the direction the actor should move "up" or away from the sudience. |
| downstage | is a stage direction indicating that the actor should move "down" or towards the audience. |
| stage right | is a stage direction that indicates movement for a character to the actor's right. |
| stage left | is a stage direction indicating movement for a character to the actor's left. |
| center stage | is a stage direction indicating movement or placemnet for the center of the stage. |
| improvisation | when an actor makes up dialogue and creates a scene that is not written in the script. |
| motivation | is the reason an actor acts in a certain way. |
| Act | is the main divisions of a play, some are One Act plays, but can be more |
| Scene | is a division of an Act during which there is no break in time. If the time or setting should change, it will become a new scene. |
| props | are items that are used by and actor in a scene. Can be on the stage or carried on by the actor. |
