| A | B |
|---|
| Actor | the "real person" on stage |
| character role | the fictional personality on stage |
| director | the person who tells the actors what to do/where to move |
| concentration | focus attention on one situation or person |
| freeze | holding the position you are in until the director tells you to move |
| upstage | the part of the stage farthest from the audience |
| downstage | the part of the stage closest to the audience |
| improvisation | making up dialogue and actions without preparation (no script) |
| ad-lib | to make up lines or dialogue not written in the script |
| pantomime | non-verbal communication |
| property (props) | objects used by the performers |
| strike | take down scenery, put away props and costumes and clean up after the last night of the performance of a play |
| project | talkingloudly enough to be heard to making gestures and facial expressions big enough to be heard and seen by all audience members |
| house | the section of the theatre where the audience sits |
| aside | actor talks to the audience with the other characters supposedly not hearing the lines |
| prompter | person sits off stage and follows script so he can give cue lines to actors if they forget them |
| curtain call | the bow taken by all the actors at the end of a performance |
| flat | one 8' x 4' wooden frame with canvas or muslin stretched across it to make the walls or background of a set |
| set | platforms, flats and scenery that make the background setting for a play |
| setting | the imaginary place and time the stage area represents |
| dress rehearsal | final rehearsal before the performance |
| monologue | a scene for one actor who speaks his/her thoughts aloud |
| dialogue | two or more characters talking to each other on stage |
| stage cross | moving from one acting area to another |
| gesture | a movement, usuallyof the arm, that helps express an idea or feeling |
| theater etiquette | polite rules of behavior in the theater exhibited by the audience |
| stage business | small actions performed by the character without moving from one place to another, usually involving props |
| cue | signal to begin action or dialogue, the line preceding an entrance, light change or another actor's line |
| sensory recall | remembering past experiences and recreating the thought or feeling on stage |
| costume | clothing the actor wears to show character |
| playwright | the writer of the play |
