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| exaggerated facial expressions |
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| an expression or movement of the body or limbs |
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| the muscle that controls breathing |
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| a plot outline a story line on which to base a scene sketch play or motion picture |
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| a section of a play or a short dramatic piece taking place in a single location and period of time |
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| the coordination of an actors movements onstage |
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| to move from one place to another |
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| to cross in a direction opposite to that of another actors cross |
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| the part of the stage furthest from the audience |
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| the actor's right as he faces the audience |
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| the actors left as he faces the audience |
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| the exact middle of the acting area |
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| a body position in which the actor directly faces the audience |
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| a body position in which the actor is turned sideways to the audience |
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| a body position in which the actor directly faces upstage and away from the audience |
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| the part of the stage downstage from the main curtain |
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| the curtain furthest away downstage which can open or close or fly up and down |
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| the opening in the wall at the downstage end of the stage through which the audience looks |
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| the part of the theater where the audience sits |
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| term to describe lights or scenery on the audiences side of the proscenium arch |
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| a background drop or curtain hung at the rear and sometimes around the sides of the stage it masks the backstage area during scene changes and is ofter used to project colors andd or other images upon |
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| the sides of the stage to the left and right of the scenery and out of view of the audience |
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| any area immediately to the right left or rear of the acting area where you are out of view from the audience |
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| general term for any area from the main curtain back to which the audience has neither visual nor physical access |
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| the space over the stage from which curtains backdrops electrics, etc are hung |
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| a horizontal metal pipe from which stage lights scenery or curtains are hung |
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| a batten at which electircity is availiable for stage lighting |
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| any curtain that can open and close horizontally |
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| short curtains that are hung over the stage to hide any overhead rigging |
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| tall curtains hung at the sides of the stage to hide actors scenery etc. in the wings |
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| on stage decoration which helps to establish the time and place of the action of the play |
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| the structures on or in front of which the actors perform |
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| anything that an actor handles onstage as well as furnature and other items used to enhance the set |
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| props that are carried onstage by an individual actor |
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| small props that are usually carried in or are part of an actors costume |
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| props placed on stage for the use of the actors or to dress the set |
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| to add decorative props in order to add realism to the scene this process is also called set dressing |
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| the handling or use of props costumes or makeup either during dialogue or in silence to strengthen the personality of a character |
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| to remove a prop or set piece from the stage |
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| the dissassembly and removal of the entire set from a show |
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| room backstage in which actors actors wait to go onstage |
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| to draw attention away from another actor through stage position or movement |
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| a word sentence or series of sentences spoken by an actor |
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| the process of preparing a scene for a play or performance |
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| actors in a particular play |
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| the numbers of performances in a show |
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| first performance of a show out of several |
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| last performance of a show out of several |
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| performance that begins in morning or afternoon |
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| analyzing text scene or play |
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| planning blocking for a scene |
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| executing lines with good diction |
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| putting yourself in characters shoes |
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| to control volume in your voice |
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| reading lines aloud from a scrip as part of the audition process |
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| auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before |
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| auditioning with a script that you have had the opportunity to look at for a few minutes |
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| you have had the script for a significant amount of time before the audition |
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| the person hearing your audition |
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| a phase of the cast selection process in which actors are asked to return for and second or third tryout |
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| a story speech or scene performed by one actor alone |
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| lines spoken by 2 or more actors in a conversational manner |
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| any facial expression gesture body lang vocal utterance eye contact or dialogue that indicates an actors temporarily stopped acting his role |
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| a main character around whom the plot centers |
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| a character who must solve the problems that arise in the play |
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| any character that opposes the goals of the protagonist |
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| a sidekick or other supporter of either the protagonist or antagonist |
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| a young romantic female lead |
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| the male equivalent of the ingenue |
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| a role with only a few lines |
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| a role with no lines and only a brief appearance onstage |
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| a role falling in size and importance somewhere between a bit part and supporting role |
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| a role in which an actor portrays traits that differ from his own |
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| a role in which the actor relates with cast by type |
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| the last words action or technical effect the immediately precedes any line |
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| the positions of the actors at the opening on an act or scene |
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| the beginning of an act scene or musical number |
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| a script term meaning when the curtain goes up |
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| upstage of something or someone |
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| downstage of something or someone |
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| to speak or act without a script |
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| to improvise dialogue or stage business usually along a pre determined story line |
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| a line spoken directly to the audience |
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| a highly exaggerated form of pantomime often done in clown like makeup and costume which gives the illusion of real life action |
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| interview like opportunity for an actor to prove he should be selected to play a particular rold |
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