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| to improvise stage business or conversation |
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Who and what are onstage when the curtain opens |
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The area behind the set or that part of the stage that is not visible to the audience, including dressing rooms, shops, and offices |
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An acting role with very few lines; a piece of stage business in one scene |
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Getting behind furniture or other actors so that you cannot be seen by the audience |
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| Using dramatic devices, such as increased tempo, volume, and emphasis, to bring a scene to a climax |
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| Any speific action (other than changing location) performed on the stage, such as picking up a book or turning on a television set |
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| The symbol used to identify the center or the stage |
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A movement in a direction opposite to a cross to balance the stage picture |
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| To obstrct the view of the audience; use of ad-lib to cover an unexpected, unwanted event during a performance |
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The movement by an actor from one location onstage to another |
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| The last words, action, or technical effect that immediately precedes any line or business; a stage signal |
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| The curtain or drapery taht shuts off the stage from the audience; when written in all capital letters in a script, it indicates that the curtain is to be closed |
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To break into the speech of another character |
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| The part of the stage toward the audience |
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As a technical term, placing furnishings, pictures, and similar items to complete and balance a set; keeping the stage picture balanced during the action |
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Giving lines and action in such a way that another actor can make a point or get a laugh |
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| An acting role that is used for personality comparison, usually with the main character |
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| Items (properties) such as tools, weapons, or luggage carried onstage by and individual player |
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| To emphasize a word or line with extra force |
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| Waiting for the audience to quiet down after a funny line or scene |
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| THe body part or feature used by an actor to lead movements, often used to reflect a character's major personality trait |
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| Terms used to refer to the stage from an actor's point of view, not from taht of the audience |
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| A distinctive action that serves as a clue to a character's personality |
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| To draw the maximum response from the audience from comic lines or action |
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| To speak when someone else is speaking |
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| The movement or sweep of the play as it progresses |
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| Small props that are usually carried in an actor's costume, such as money, matches, a pipe, or a pen |
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| The stage command for actors to take their positions at the opening of an act or scene |
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| To plan stage business, as to plot the action; to plan a speech by working out the phrasing, emphasis, and inflections |
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| The main characters in a play or the named characters in a musical |
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| All the stage furnishings, including furniture and those items brought onstage by the actors |
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| The analysis of a character |
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| Script scoring or scripting |
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| The marking or a script for one character, indicating interpretation, pauses, phrasing, stress, and so on |
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The scenery for and act or a scene |
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| Properties placed onstage for the use of actors |
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| Half-sheet pages of a script that contain the lines, cues, and business for one character |
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| Attracting attention from the person to whom the audience's interest legitimately belongs |
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| The unstated or "between the lines" meaning that an actor must draw from the script |
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| The last speech in an act or a play, usually humorous or clever |
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| Giving an actor the freedom to move over the entire stage area, usually during a lengthy speech |
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The speed at which the action of a play moves along |
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The execution of a line or a piece of business at a specific moment to achieve the most telling effect |
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| To make a line stronger than the line or lines preceding it by speaking at a higher pitch, at a faster rate, or with greater volume and emphasis |
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| The area toward the rear of the stage-away from the audience |
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| Improperly taking attention from an actor who should be the focus of interest |
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| A small acting part that has no lines |
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| Notification of an upcoming action or cue; usually indicated in the promptbook |
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