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| A story written to be played out on the stage. |
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| The term used to cover all parts of training or instruction in the field of theatre. |
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| a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak. |
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| the personality an actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from his or her own personality. |
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| males or females playing character roles. |
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| an actor's assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a character to an audience. |
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| story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience. |
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| the special literary style in which plays are written. |
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| the conversation between actors onstage. |
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| preserved as a moving photograph. |
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| the writing or performing of plays, as well as the formal study of the art form. Also, a building in which plays are performed. |
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| repeated action that becomes a custom or a ceremony. |
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| Player-Audience Relationship |
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| the special interactive and "live" relationship that exists between the performers and the audience, connecting and bonding them as a team. |
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| belief in your worth and abilities as a person. |
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| the way we see ourselves. |
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| consideration for and acceptance of ourselves and others, including other people's property, backgrounds and opinions. |
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| mental comments and opinions we repeat to ourselves constantly. |
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| two or more people taking a step by step course of action that takes place over a period of time and is aimed at achieving goals. |
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| actions that are different from the norm. |
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| the ability to risk expressing yourself in front of your classmates without the fear of being ridiculed. |
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| Interpersonal Relationships |
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| the contacts a person has with many different people. |
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| the act of working together, getting along, and sharing responsibility. |
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| Maintaining a balance between group cooperation and individual integrity. |
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| techniques and skills that we use to express ourselves emotionally, intellectually, socially, and physically. |
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| insight into our world of images, sound, color, patterns, forms, and movements. |
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| children's creation of scenes when they play "pretend." |
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| the power to create ideas and pictures in our minds. |
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| the ability to focus and pay close attention. |
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| the power of seeing and taking notice. |
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| the ability to use sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste to become conscious of the environment. |
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| the act of imagining and seeing pictures in the mind. |
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| the ability to transform ideas into action. |
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| making up characters, lines, and the action as you perform. |
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| acting from impulses; unplanned. |
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| Take cues from your partner - Listen! |
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| Disagree with your partner. |
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| Keep your audience involved. |
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| Turn your back to the audience. |
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| Stay in character at all times. |
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| Upstage your fellow actors. |
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| ADD to the improvisation. |
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| Speak loudly enough to be heard. |
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| Respond in monosyllables. |
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| Have a beginning, middle, and end. |
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| Have energy and life to your performance. |
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| Establish and solve a conflict. |
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| developing and portraying personality through thought, action, dialogue, costuming and makeup. |
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| a familiar character who is the same character in every play. |
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| a familiar character identified by an oversimplified pattern of behavior that typically labels the character as being part of a group of people. |
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| the section of the theatre where the audience sits. |
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| nine divisions of the stage floor, used by directors when moving actors or placing furniture or scenery. |
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| planning and working out the movements and stage groupings for a play. |
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| the actor's position onstage in relation to the audience. |
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| an appealing and meaningful arrangement of performers on the stage. |
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| the actual head height of the actor as determined by his/her body position. |
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| imaginary divisions giving depth to the proscenium stage. |
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| the person in charge of supervising backstage. |
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| the person who helps the director with such duties as warming up the cast before rehearsal, checking roll, posting rehearsal schedules, writing notes during rehearsals, running errands, and filling in for the director when he/she is absent. |
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| committee of technicians who work behind the scenes, creating the scenery, costumes, props, and so on. |
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| the group of technicians responsible for building the scenery; may also be in charge of scene changes during a performance. |
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| curtains, backdrops, or any structures constructed to transform an empty stage into a suitable background for the play. |
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| a large curtain covering the back and sides of the stage. |
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| large portable pieces of the stage setting. |
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| imaginary lines defining the areas of the stage where the actors can clearly be seen by the audience. |
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| any materials such as curtains or scenery used to block an audience's view of the backstage area. |
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| the crew in charge of stage properties (props). |
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| the committee in charge of costuming the show. |
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| an outfit, including accessories and undergarments, worn by an actor in a production. |
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| a chart listing each character, the acts or scenes in which they appear, and all garments, undergarments, and accessories needed. |
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| any cosmetic effect, including hair, that enhances or changes an actor's appearance. |
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| the crew in charge of designing and applying makeup for each character. |
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| cosmetics applied to the face or body using the actor's natural features. |
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| makeup used to change an actor's natural features. |
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| a chart listing the makeup needs for each character in a play. |
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| artificially produced sound effects or music as well as the amplification of voices so that they can be heard. |
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| the group responsible for planning and preparing the sound effects needed for a production. |
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| the plan of all sound effects and music needed for a production. |
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| a chart or list for lighting or sound showing all the changes that will occur during a production. |
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| illumination of the actors and acting areas; includes any special lighting effects |
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| the technicians responsible for planning, preparing, and running the stage lights for a production. |
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| a floor plan of the set showing the placement of basic lighting and any special lighting. |
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| the committee responsible for organizing and implementing all advertising for a production. |
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| the group responsible for printing tickets and programs and managing the box office, audience, and physical theatre during a production. |
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| keeping crews, cast, and audience free from harm, danger, risk, or injury. |
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| What are the 5 scene painting techniques that we learned? |
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| Spattering, Rag rolling, Dry brushing, Stenciling, and Sponging |
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| What was the name of the play we watched in class and who was the playwright? |
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| Our Town by Thornton Wilder |
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| What as the name of the play we read in class? |
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| established techniques, practices, or devices unique to theatrical productions. |
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| an area set aside for a performance. |
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| printed sheet of paper or booklet that provides information about the production. |
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| a short break in the action of the play for the audience. |
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| turning out all the stage lights at one time. |
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| following a performance, the appearance of the actors onstage to acknowledge the appreciation of the audience and to take a bow. |
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| appropriate audience behavior at a theatrical event. |
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| the ability to recognize, understand, and value that which is pleasing, beautiful, cultured, and tasteful in the arts (theatre, music, visual art, and dance). |
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| the silent art of using body movements to create an illusion of reality. |
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| the use of mime techniques, acting without words, to tell a story. |
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| The most famous mime in the world. |
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