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Theater- stage practice

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the person in charge of all aspect of the production
Director
The person responsible for considering the needs of the audience.
House Manager
the person who feeds lines to the actors
Prompter
the person who executes the scenic designs and makes sure all design elements blend together
Technical Director
the person who promotes the production
Publicity Manager
the person who finds investors and helps establish a budget.
Producer
the people who create each individual element of the show
Designers
the person who moves scenery
Grip
the people who work to see designs are carried out
Crew
the person who creates dances for the production
Choreographer
the person who keeps track of all cues and effects/makes cue sheets.
Stage Manager
choosing of the actors for a play by the director
casting
A tryout for a character in a play
Audition
The most general term for all forms of literature that are intended to be acted out by actors on a stage
Play
A person who edits and prints plays
Publisher
A term used to describe more serious plays
Drama
The appearance of a productions entire cast onstage in response to applause from the audience
Curtain Call
An overhead diagram of the stage (set)
Floor/Ground Plan
A pamphlet that contains the names of the cast and crew
Program
A horrifically sad play involving the downfall of a Hero
Tragedy
A funny play
Comedy
A play that makes fun of something
Satire
An overly dramatic play (like soap operas)
Melodrama
the falling action of a play - after the climax of the play - the moment the conflict is resolved
Denouement
An audition with unfamiliar material is read
Cold Reading
A second round of auditions: only those considered for the parts are present
Call Backs
Rehearsing without the script
Off Book
The rehearsal in which movements and stage business is set
Blocking Rehearsal
The directors/Stage managers script that is marked with all cues, blocking etc.
Prompt book
The Last uninterrupted rehearsal with all costumes, cues, actual props used
Final Dress Rehearsal
Actors wait in the ___________ when they are not needed onstage
Green Room
An Opening in the stage floor is called a _____________
Trap
___________________ is the curtain in the back that colored light is cast onto for skylines.
Cyclorama
A _____________ Stage is surrounded by an audience on all sides and is most intimate theater experience.
Arena
A _____________ Stage juts out into the audience and is surrounded by them on 3 sides
Thrust
Painted Scenery that can be flown in on a batten is called a _____________.
Drop
The Audience sets in the __________________________.
House
C. J. Auditorium is an example of a _____________________ Stage.
Proscenium
The imaginary line that separates the stage proper from the apron is called_________________.
Curtain Line
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