Name:
Improvisation
Vocabulary
Word
Improv
Ad-Lib
Plot
Conflict
Open
Closed
Dominant
Subordinated
Stage Pictures
Stage Business
Peas and Carrots
Reaction
Motivation
Hand Props
Set Props
Costume Props
Definition
1. Improv
a. Performance without a script, not without a plan
2. Ad-Lib
a. Improvised Lines
3. Plot
a. The way that a story progresses
4. Conflict
a. The thing that stands in the way of a character getting what they want
5. Open
a. Facing out toward the audience
6. Closed
a. Facing away from the audience
7. Dominant
a. The character that is the focus of the scene
8. Subordinated
a. The character that is supporting the dominant character
9. Stage Pictures
a. The way that actors are arranged on stage
10. Stage Business
a. Background action that actors do in character to support the scene
11. Peas and Carrots
a. Easily repeated lines that actors can say to make background conversations look
believable
12. Reaction
a. A response to stimulus
13. Motivation
a. Why a character does the things that they do
14. Hand Props
a. Small props that actors can hold in their hands (cup, pencil, book, phone)
15. Set Props
a. Furniture pieces that are not attached to the set that actors interact with (lamp, rug,
fridge)
16. Costume Prop
a. Costume pieces that actors can remove and act with (glasses, jacket, jewelry)
Improv
Ad-Lib
Plot
Conflict
Open
Closed
Dominant
Subordinated
Stage Pictures
Stage Business
Peas and Carrots
Reaction
Motivation
Hand Props
Set Props
Costume Prop