Theater Terms List # 2

  1. Choreographer – the person who creates dances and arranges movements for a musical
  2. Costumer – the person in charge of the costumes for a show
  3. Crew – all the people who work together on a show except the cast
  4. Director – the person who provides the vision of how a show should be presented, who works with the actors on their roles, develops the blocking, and is in charge of the rehearsals
  5. Backstage – the part of a theater which is not seen by the audience, including the dressing rooms, wings and the green room
  6. Downstage – the part of the stage which is closest to the audience
  7. Upstage – the area of the stage that is the farthest away from the audience
  8. Upstaging - when one actor moves to the back of the stage and causes another actor to turn away from the audience, or when an actor draws attention to himself and away from the main action of a play
  9. Stage Left – (these left/right directions are seen from the ACTORS point of view on the stage) this is when the actor standing in the center of the stage moves to his left( This even stumps some pros so it is best to learn it now)
  10. Stage Right – (these left/right directions are seen from the ACTORS point of view on the stage) this is when the actor standing in the center of the stage moves to his right (This even stumps some pros so it is best to learn it now)

Theater Terms List # 2

Directions:

  1. Match the list of words to their proper definitions and write them in a proper vocabulary list.
  2. Use each word in a sentence.
  3. Draw a picture to symbolize each word

List of Words:

  1. Stage Left
  2. Crew
  3. Stage Right
  4. Upstaging
  5. Director
  6. Upstage
  7. Costumer
  8. Downstage
  9. Backstage
  10. Choreographer

List of Definitions:

  1. the person who creates dances and arranges movements for a musical
  2. the person in charge of the costumes for a show
  3. all the people who work together on a show except the cast
  4. the person who provides the vision of how a show should be presented, who works with the actors on their roles, develops the blocking, and is in charge of the rehearsals
  5. the part of a theater which is not seen by the audience, including the dressing rooms, wings and the green room
  6. the part of the stage which is closest to the audience
  7. the area of the stage that is the farthest away from the audience
  8. when one actor moves to the back of the stage and causes another actor to turn away from the audience, or when an actor draws attention to himself and away from the main action of a play
  9. (these left/right directions are seen from the ACTORS point of view on the stage) this is when the actor standing in the center of the stage moves to his left( This even stumps some pros so it is best to learn it now)
  10. (these left/right directions are seen from the ACTORS point of view on the stage) this is when the actor standing in the center of the stage moves to his right (This even stumps some pros so it is best to learn it now)

Example:

  1. Rehearsal:the period of practice before the beginning of a show in which the actors and director work on the development of the show
  2. Sentence: I can’t go to the movies because I have rehearsal this afternoon.
  3. Picture: