Theatre 1-4 Crossword Review Vocabulary Work
Directions: Define the following vocabulary words using the internet or the Drama Projects book. Pick up
a cross word and test your memory.
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Amphitheatre
Antagonist
Apron
Archetype
Arena stage
Blocking
Catharsis
Cheating out
Cold reading
Commedia dell’arte
Cross
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Cyclorama
Director
Downstage
Ensemble
Fly space
Fourth wall
Gels
Hold for laughs
House
Illusion of the first
time
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Lavalier
Monologue
Motivation
Proscenium stage
Protagonist
Spiking
Thrust stage
Tragic flaw
Upstage
Wings
Theatre Words and Concepts to Know
Directions: Use the Drama Projects book or internet to review these terms and concepts.
Theatre 1 Review
Theatre 2-4 Review
4th wall
Strong/weak acting areas
Pantomime
Improvisation
Cue
Ad-lib
Choreography
Stage types – impact of each
Rehearsal types and process
Theatre jobs – what are they and what is each in
charge of
Gesture
Theatre types/periods/history
Voice
Theatre jobs
Gels
Scrim
Cyclorama
Master cue sheet
Parts of plot
Stage directions
Catharsis
Stage types
Primitive theatre
Farce, melodrama, comedy, tragedy
Stage Manager/ Director duties
Voice – articulate
Auditions types
Rehearsal process
Mime
Pantomime - history
Subtext
Cue/cue pickup
Stanislavski
Soliloquy
Farce, melodrama, comedy, tragedy
Suspension of disbelief
Poetics
Monologue
Parts of the stage