Theatre Vocab One
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- Style of performance seeking to give illusion of reality. Denies any suggestion of theatrical. Takes place in a proscenium.
- Representational Theatre
- Style of performance that recognizes itself as theatrical. May acknowledge the audience. Takes place in thrust/arena.
- Presentational theatre
- In the audition process, actors must read for a character, from a script, without any preparation.
- cold reading
- Contains entire text of play, all directions, cues, actors movements, and backstage cues.
- Prompt book
- The backstory,beginning part of the play. Introduces characters, plot, and what happened before curtain opened.
- Exposition
- A speech introducing the play. Done by a narrator. ONLY in Shakesperian theatre.
- Prologue
- The first complication between characters
- Inciting incident
- When the opposing forces meet. Usually turning point of the plot.
- Crisis
- Peak of interest or excitement in a play
- climax
- Outcome of explanation which concludes the entire plot
- Denouement
- Speech to conclude the performance. Shakesperian, narrator.
- epilogue
- All events from beginning to end
- story
- The series of events that gives the story its meaning
- plot
- the place in the story where action begins
- point of attack
- the text of a play. Used in rehearsal and subject to change
- script
- the villian, person in direct opposition to the good guy.
- antagonist
- always the good guy, central character. Always have character flaws.
- protagonist
- vocal, physical, and mental excercises to aid actors in their performance
- warm-ups
- The earliest of the rehearsals, focus on the actors movements
- blocking rehearsal
- where actors read through play from beginning to end, usually 1st rehearsal
- read through
- where actors go through play from beginning to end with all of the blocking, movements, lines, cues
- run through
- where the audience sits
- house
- lobby, boxoffice area before you walk into the house itself
- front of house
- able to rearrange stage and chair
- black box/convertible theatre
- imaginary wall between actors and audience
- 4th wall
- decorative/representational scenery (not the walls)
- set properties
- actors clothing, made with specifics, (color, period, silhoutte,etc.)
- costume properties
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diff. catagories or styles of drama.
2 basic:
tragedy:no audience relation
comedy:most popular, supposed to have relation - theatrical generes
- the person/institution responsible for finacial backing
- producer
- person responsible for arranging/coordinating actors and artists in a play
- director
- person responsible for the design of walls and background. based on time period.
- set designer
- person responsible for design of actors clothing
- costumes designer
- person responsible for designing "hand props" for scene.
- properties designer
- responsible for balancing microphone for actors. create sound effects, music
- sound designer
- responsible for overall lighting scene. do lighting, set mood
- light designer
- person that is responsible for moment to moment coordination during a performance
- stage manager
- keep track of staging/blocking of the actors
- assistant director
- builds the set, oversees building of set according to set director
- technial director
- sit opposite side of SM, and moment to moment
- assistant stage manager
- literary assistant to director. Researcher
- dramaturg
- responsible for physical operation of lighthing or sound board
- board opperators
- all of the people who create/make show
- production team
- gathering of production team to work on planning/timelines
- production meeting