Theatre Vocabulary Worksheet

A ______ is a technical rehearsal where the actors skip over scenes and dialogue that have no technical cues in them in order to run to the next cue.

• Cue to Cue

• Dress Rehearsal

• Blocking

• Table Read

What the audience is able to see on stage.

• Sight Line

• Backstage

• Orchestra Pit

• Green Room

An ______ is when a character breaks from the scene and talks to the audience.

• Aside

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

The space in a theatre where the audience is seated is called the ______.

• House

• Stage

• Backstage

• Orchestra

The ______ helps backstage and with the technical parts of a performance.

• Stage Crew

• Director

• Choreographer

• Lead Actor

A conversation that is spoken between two or more people is ______.

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Narration

______ is the final week of rehearsals leading up to a performance. The main purpose is to incorporate all the technical elements.

• Tech Week

• Dress Rehearsal

• Preview Week

• Opening Night

______ is when an actor memorizes their lines and no longer needs their script.

• Off-Book

• On-Stage

• Rehearsal

• Improv

______ is an imaginary wall that separates the actors from the audience.

• Fourth Wall

• Curtain Wall

• Stage Barrier

• Audience Divider

______ has two meanings in theatre. 1. To remove an object from the stage. 2. The time following a production, when everything is taken down to make way for the next production.

• Strike

• Cue

• Rehearsal

• Intermission