1. 12/9/2015 1 THEATRE VOCAB MS. ELSON

2. 12/9/2015 2 Upstaging is… When an actor is standing in front of another person and they can ’ t be seen OR it means that the actors is not facing the stage and can ’ t be seen by the audience

3. 12/9/2015 3 Cheat Out Turn your body half way toward the audience and half way to the other actor so that the audience can see and hear you

4. 12/9/2015 4 Diaphragm: Muscle that supports your breath in order to control your vocals onstage

5. 12/9/2015 5 PROJECTING To Project is have control of your voice, supported by your diaphragm using a full breath to reach even the back of the audience How do you project? Try this…

6. 12/9/2015 6 Mugging is …

7. 12/9/2015 7 Mugging is… Overacting Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Depends on the play! Go for the truth of the play you are in.

8. Indicating Overdoing the showing without feeling or believing it. Bad acting 12/9/2015 8

9. 9 What is MIME?

10. 12/9/2015 10 MIME Acting without words, OR with words USING GESTURES Imagining some or all of the props

11. 12/9/2015 11 OBJECTIVE What your character WANTS in a play Or goal in the play

12. 12/9/2015 12 MOTIVATION Why your character wants what they WANT

13. 12/9/2015 13 Intention HOW your character gets what he she wants Beg, guilt, seduce, bribe, threaten, befriend… Your character ’ s tactic

14. 12/9/2015 14 RAISE THE STAKES Make the motivation stronger. Your job as an actor is to find the best, strongest motivation to think about so you can act the scene with truth and immediacy MUST be LIFE OR DEATH for your character or it isn ’ t a good motivation

15. I.P.C. Immediately Preceding Circumstances What happened to your character right before you walk on stage Is it raining, did you just have a fight with a friend? Etc… 12/9/2015 15

16. 12/9/2015 16 IMPROVISATION IMPROV Acting without a script-- making it up off the top of your head

17. 12/9/2015 17 Stage Manager Helps director run rehearsals, takes blocking notes, on book for actors, sets up stage before rehearsal, in charge of running show when it is show time, on headset with “ lights up… ” etc. Runs around before show (Or assistant stage manager shouting… “ 5 minutes to places ” or “ places everybody! ”

18. 12/9/2015 18 What do you say when a stage manager tells you…? “ Five minutes to places! ” You say….?

19. 12/9/2015 19 Stage manager THANK YOU, 5 MINUTES!

20. Spike-- 12/9/2015 20 The tape used on the stage to show where the set pieces go.

21. 12/9/2015 21 Director The person in charge of everything about how this play looks, sounds, feels and must think of the audience, actors, crew, designers and make everything run smoothly.

22. Playwright The writer of a play 12/9/2015 22

23. 12/9/2015 23 Given Circumstance In the script, the writer gives you clues to how your character acts It is the unchangeable facts of the play that the actor can not change If it says your character is 15, wears glasses and loves to sing-- you can ’ t change that

24. 12/9/2015 24 Stage Directions Do you remember the 9 stage directions? Make a box, put a tic-tac-toe board in it. Write audience on the bottom and draw the 9 directions.

25. 12/9/2015 25 The Stage Directions

26. 12/9/2015 26 BLOCKING The written directions that a director gives the actor and s/he writes in the margins of his/her script

27. Warm-ups 12/9/2015 27 Physical & vocal exercises to get mind and body ready to perform on stage

28. What do you want as an actor for your character? Sympathy or Empathy? 12/9/2015 28

29. EMPATHY 12/9/2015 29

30. 4 TH WALL 12/9/2015 30 THE IMAGINARY WALL BETWEEN THE AUDIENCE & THE ACTOR – SOMETIMES IT IS BROKEN ON PURPOSE – IF THE ACTOR TALKS DIRECTLY TO YOU!

31. 12/9/2015 31 PLOT ANOTHER WORD FOR PLOT IS…

32. 12/9/2015 32 Plot Story: James and I wanted to swim, so we went to the beach. Then it started to rain, and because we couldn't swim comfortably any more, we went home.

33. Protagonist or Antagonist? The main character is…? The Protagonist The person who tries to stop the main character is… the Antagonist. 12/9/2015 33

34. The antagonist is not always the villain!!! 12/9/2015 34

35. Conflict Needed in a play or there wouldn’t be any drama. Person vs. person, person vs. the universe, person vs. self 12/9/2015 35

36. Climax Highest point of tension in the play Usually when the protagonist fights the antagonist… 12/9/2015 36

37. 12/9/2015 37 OBSTACLE A HURDLE OR PROBLEM THE CHARACTER MUST GET OVER IN ORDER TO GET HIS/HER OBJECTIVE.

38. 12/9/2015 38 COLD READING

39. 12/9/2015 39 COLD READING For auditions, rehearsal and for play readings actors do this technique which requires them to make strong choices and act even though they only have a few minutes to go over the lines.

40. 12/9/2015 40 MONOLOGUE HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEAK IN A MONOLOGUE? WHO DO THEY SPEAK TO?

41. 12/9/2015 41 ANSWER: ONE! From a paragraph to a whole play, one person speaks to… A) Audience B) Universe C) Themselves D) Another character/object standing in for a character

42. 12/9/2015 42 Dialogue is… Two or more people speaking on stage

43. 12/9/2015 43 Setting Details about the location the play takes place. Example: In a dark haunted house, there is a breeze blowing the curtain of a broken window. A lone candle is flickering and a creaky door sounds off stage.

44. 12/9/2015 44 Time Time of day, time of year, season Example Time: In the summer of 2050 there is snow on the ground. It is 8pm.

45. 12/9/2015 45 At Rise What used to rise in the old days that gives us this saying?

46. 12/9/2015 46 The Sun or Curtain At Rise: The first thing you see when the curtain Goes up or the lights go on, before they speak

47. 12/9/2015 47 What is upstaging yourself or others mean?

48. 12/9/2015 48 SO WHAT DO YOU DO IF A DIRECTOR SCREAMS-- “STOP UPSTAGING YOURSELF?” A) SCREAM BACK B) LOOK BACK IN YOUR PACKET AND LOOK UP WHAT UPSTAGING MEANS C) SMILE BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER THE ANSWER IS…

49. 12/9/2015 49 What is it called when you are talking clearly to the back of the stage… A) Yelling B) Projecting C) Talking loudly

50. 12/9/2015 50 Improv RULES There are five… let ’ s learn ‘ em together

51. 12/9/2015 51 What are the class consequences? There are 4