Drama Terms

These are lines, speeches, songs, or any other element in a printed script left out of a particular production.

• diction

• cues

• cuts

• double-take

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

He/She is the person in charge with staging a play or musical, who coordinates all onstage aspects of the production, including the performances of the actors.

• ham

• character role

• playwright

• director

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It is the lower part of the lungs, filling the abdominal space, that supports the voice when actors and singers breathe correctly on stage.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It refers to the clear, sharp pronunciation of words, especially of consonants.

• diction

• cue

• cold reading

• double-take

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

It is the area of the stage closest to the audience.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

This is the commonly used short term for the main stage actors’ union (Actors’ Equity Association).

• AEA

• AEAssoc

• Equity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

It is an exaggerated facial response to another actor’s words or actions, usually for comic effect.

• cue

• cold reading

• double-take

• flop

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A theatrical production that fails to draw an audience.

• flop

• ham

• equity

• finding your light

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A theater in which the audience is seated on all four sides of a central stage.

• in-the-round

• downstage

• flop

• finding your light

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An actor who gives a very broad or exaggerated performance.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C