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Where did this word come from?

Proscenium Arch

Blocking

movement of performers in relation to the stage, entrances, and exits

Cross = "X"

abbreviation for directions to walk or move to another point of the stage

Open up (cheat out)

Turn the body a little toward down stage. This allows the audience to see their faces better.

Make up words or actions to cover a mistake

Reacting to something before your character has a reason to

Signal of the beginning of the scene

all stage lights are off or curtain is closed

Time the director designates for you to arrive before a show

The line or signal before your next action

Allowing the audience’s responses to begin dying down before continuing

A character’s reason for doing something (not yours or the director’s)

making the performance audible and visible from every seat in the house

Having your lines and actions memorized so that you no longer need to use the script

Often determines the way a line is said

“What time is it?”

Anatomy of the Theater

Remember this?

Theatron - Greek for "the seeing place"

Fly Space - tall space above the stage to hang scenery, lights and sometimes people by cables

Types of Stages

Parts of the Stage

Proscenium arch stage - audience faces one direction toward the stage

Fly Space - tall open space above the stage to hold scenery and lighting; sometimes used to "fly" people or other things

UCO Dressing Room

Poteet Theater Green Room

Green Room - where actors wait to go on stage

Shop - where construction and painting of scenery takes place

UCO Scene Shop

Types of Stages

Thrust stage - audience surrounds 3 sides of the stage

A view from the stage looking out

House - area where the audience sits

Mitchell Hall Theater - University of Central Oklahoma

Types of Stages

House - area where the audience sits

Ad-lib

Arena - audience surrounds all sides; often referred to as "theater in the round"

Control Booth - where lighting and sound are controlled

Cue

Finale; bows

Anticipating

Projecting

Curtain Call

Thoughts that underlie the character’s actual words

Stage business

Subtext

Activities performed on stage as part of your characterization

Causing another actor to have to turn away from the audience

Mouthing the words to yourself or another actor

Motivation

THE CARDINAL SIN OF ACTING!!!

BREAKING CHARACTER

Call Time

Taking attention away from where the audience is supposed to be watching or listening

Giggling or laughing

Often determines the way a line is said

“What time is it?”

Upstaging

The “oh no!” face

Becoming yourself on the stage, instead of the character you’re playing

Making eye contact, gesturing, or talking to the audience (when you’re not supposed to)

Fly Space OOPS!!

Off book

Hold

At Rise

Blackout

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