theater final acting terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 monologue | section of script in which one person speaks alone |
| duet | scene by two performers |
| principals | the main characters in a play |
| supporting roles | characters who aid in causung changes in principals |
| soliloquy | actor, alone on stage, speaks character's inner thoughts |
| presentational | play in which audience is reconized as the audience, actor may speak directly to the audience |
| representational | play performed as if the audience is watching through the fourth wall. |
| ingenue | young romantic female lead |
| juvenile | young romantic male lead |
| straight parts | role in which actor and character are similar |
| character parts | role in which actor and character are different |
| set | place where acting happens/ to place props in items of scenery on stage |
| srike | to remove props or items of senery from the stage |
| upstaging | to steal focus by being further from the audience |
| fourth wall | imaginary boundry between characters and audience |
| business | specific actions used by a character, often includes props |
| playing the moment | responding to each line, action + character in the part |
| sense memory | calling specific sense responses |
| internalizing | getting deep within the character to analize |
| externalizing | revealing the characters personality to the audience |
| building a scene | using dramatic devices to bring a scene to a climax, such as spending with more emphasis than the previous speaker |
| holding for laughs | waiting until audience laughter to go on |
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