Theatre Terms

Someone who writes works of drama is called...

• an actor

• a playwright

• a producer

• a theatrician

This person oversees many aspects of a performance, including ticket sales and advertising

• a stage manager

• a producer

• a dramaturg

• an understudy

If you want to know all of the entrance and exit cues for every actor in a performance, who would you ask?

• the stage manager

• the producer

• the playwright

• the understudy

This is the person develops the vision for a performance and works with performers to make that vision come alive onstage

• the lead performer

• the producer

• the director

• the swing

Keagan was excited to play the role of Jesus in a production of Godspell, but at the last minute, he fell down a flight of stairs and broke both his legs. On opening night, the role of Jesus was play by Tre, Keagan's _________.

• BFF

• director

• understudy

• cousin

This word comes from the Greek term "drao-", which means "doing" or "action"

• drama

• director

• deus ex machina

• blocking

Anya was so busy making videos on TikTok that she completely forgot about the presentation due in her science class. Luckily, she was able to use her ______ skills to do a decent job even without rehearsal.

• emoting

• playwright

• pantomime

• improv

If your microphone stops working during a Zoom call, you might be able to communicate by using your _______ skills!

• sitzprobe

• cold reading

• pantomime

• upstaging

Good actors know that they must always appropriately _______ when onstage, even when they aren't speaking or moving.

• pantomime

• emote

• direct

• upstage

This is when a character is alone onstage, sharing their thoughts aloud.

• scrime

• cheating out

• soliloquy

• stage directions