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Theater Making Crossword Puzzle
Theater Crossword Puzzle for Students PAGE 1 Grades 5-8
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My Name: ________________________________________ Theater Crossword Puzzle for Students – PAGE 2 Across
1 A play (from the Greek meaning “to do” or
“to act”).
4 A brief summary.
5 The production of a play.
7 Story line. The sequence of actions in a whole
play.
8 Meeting standard of knowledge or skill on
cue all of the time.
13 To think deeply or carefully about something
you have done.
14 A play that treats characters and situations in
a humorous way and has a happy ending.
15 The place where the audience sits.
17 To try out for a part.
21 Something the character does usually
expressed as a verb.
25 A play that treats characters and situations as
sad and the main character suffers.
26 Text intended to be spoken by one character
speaking to the audience.
28 A person responsible for all business aspects
of putting on a play like paying the actors and
staff.
29 To work together.
30 A single movement of part of the body.
31 To pronounce words clearly.
34 Smooth, quick or slow (in tempo) movement
and speech.
38 Meeting standard of knowledge or skill on
cue most of the time.
39 The written text spoken by an actor.
41 To create with little or no preparation.
42 Two or more actors speaking to each other.
43 Position on a scale (i.e. high, medium, low).
45 A place or setting where an action occurs.
46 A universally recognized character often
described in one word such as Friend,
Butcher, Seer (Soothsayer) and Coward.
49 A persona in a story.
50 1. noun. Point at which the mind and body are
aimed. 2. verb. To focus on, pay attention to.
51 Sound produced from speaking.
54 Practice.
55 To ask questions that enable the learner to
understand something.
57 Area.
58 A character’s want (sometimes called
“motivation”).
Down 2 A theatrical performer.
3 The character or part played by an actor. The
word derives from when actors’ lines were
written on rolls of paper.
4 Sharp, quick movement and speech.
6 A still moment presented on stage by actors
who remain silent and motionless as if in a
picture.
7 A course of movement.
9 Speed of something.
10 To send out a feeling through the face or
voice.
11 An action word.
12 Acting without a script.
16 Text spoken by an actor.
18 To perform in a way that conveys
understanding of the actor’s ideas and
decisions about a character.
19 A person who writes a play.
20 An introduction. The actor in Shakespeare’s
plays often wore a long black velvet cloak to
deliver this introduction.
22 A group of actors speaking in unison.
23 To see a mental image or picture of
something.
24 Pathways and positions on the stage that
ensure actors can be seen.
27 To share information.
32 The process of changing from one state or
condition to another.
33 Level of loudness.
35 Communicating an actor’s interpretation of a
character before an audience.
36 To have a discussion that generates ideas.
37 A person who is in charge of how a play is
performed.
39 Sound produced from speaking.
40 1. noun. A still shape of the body. 2. verb. To
assume a shape of the body.
44 A superstition against wishing an actor good
luck.
47 Feeling.
48 A series of actions or steps toward achieving
an end.
52 The off-stage area to the right and left used as
entrances and exits.
53 What the play means (not what happens).
56 1. verb. To assign the roles of a dramatic
production to actors. 2. noun. The group of
actors with specific roles.
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