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| Understudies | actors who are able to play a given role in an emergency |
| Special effects | visual or sound effects used to enhance a theatrical performance |
| Costumes | style of dress characteristic of a particular country, time period, etc. |
| Audience | anyone who is not part of the production |
| Mimicry | practice of imitating |
| Plot | action of the story |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing forces or ideas |
| Improvisation | spontaneous use of movement and speech to create a character or object in a particular situation |
| Set | actual pieces of furniture, walls or other items on the stage |
| Prop | an item that is handled by the actor |
| Scenery | painted backdrop on a theatrical stage |
| Pantomime | situation where a performer relies totally on gesture, facial expression, and movement, rather than speech, for enactment of his material |
| Storytelling | act of telling a story |
| Cast | group of people selected to portray characters |
| Playwright | a person who writes a play |
| Actress | female performer |
| Cue | something that precedes the next action |
| Critique | Evaluation or judgment |
| Dialogue | conversation used by two or more characters to express thoughts and feelings |
| Backstage | area behind scenery not visible to the audience |
