6th grade Theater- Vocabulary and Stage Positions

 The actor’s movement from one area of the stage to another.

• Cue
• Blocking
• Cross
• Cheat

 Words or actions that signal another actor to speak, move or act.

• cheat
• blocking
• charachter
• cue

 The people or classmates watching the actors perform or share.

• audience
• character
• cast
• cheat

 The who, what , when, where and why of any situation, scene or play.

• cheat
• 5 W's
• blocking
• audience

 When the stage lights go out; signals the end of a scene in a play.

• fourth wall
• cue
• blackout
• projection

Facing out to the audience; adjusting one’s body to make sure fellow actors are visible to the audience.

• cross
• cue
• tableau
• cheat

 The part or role an actor re-creates (person, animal, object, or creature).

• character
• cast
• audition
• script

1.  The part or role an actor re-creates (person, animal, object, or creature).

• character
• cast
• audition
• script

The actors who play the roles in the play.

• characters
• audience
• protagonist
• cast

 The planning and working out of the actor’s stage movements.

• blocking
• places
• actors tools
• audition