We have prepared a list of Technical vocabulary words for a beginner student who want to get into drama or acting. The tabular list is sorted alphabetically to help students get the new words in a proper sequence.
Theater Vocabulary Words List
- Act: A group of scenes enacted forming a story
- Aisle: A passage that segregates areas in a theatre
- Apron: A part of the stage extending past the theater arc
- Arena: A theater without a proscenium
- Arena Stage: See theatre in the round
- Articulation: Process of starting and stopping vowel and consonant sounds
- Audible: Able to be heard
- Auditorium: The part of a theater where the audience sits and watches from
- Backstage: The area behind the stage in the theater, mainly where preparation takes place
- Blackout: When all the lights go off in a theater so that the audience focuses on the play
- Border: Drapes above the stage used for masking equipment
- Box Office: The place where tickets are bought for the play
- Call: The time when you are expected to come to the theater for practicing
- Cast: The people who are the part of the enactment in theater
- Casting: The process of selecting actors, dancers, etc. for a play
- Call Board: Place where announcements and notices for actors and crew are posted
- Cast: Actors in a play
- Casting: Selecting the actor who plays each role in a show
- Collaboration: The work of many people toward a common project; work done by many people.
- Comedy: Play that treats situations or characters in a humorous way; play with a happy ending.
- Company: Actors and crew of a production.
- Costumes: Clothing wore for a certain kind of a play
- Cue: A signal for carrying out an action at a time
- Dramaturgy: The art of writing and producing plays
- Dramatics: The art of writing and producing plays
- Dramatic Art: The art of writing and producing plays
- Dress: Put on clothes
- Dramatic Composition: A play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
- Dramatic Work: A play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
- Dialogue: A part of a conversational exchange between two people in a scene
- Downstage: The part of a stage closest to the audience
- Dramatic Pause: A small period of silence without any dialogue, just for a dramatic effect
- Dress Rehearsal: An enacting of the whole play before the performance with the costume
- Get-in: The process of moving everything into a theatre
- Grand Drape: Front curtain separating the stage from the audience, often simply called “the curtain.”
- Get-out: The process of moving everything out of a theatre
- Green Room: The room where actors wait before or after the enactment
- Interval: A break between a play or a movie
- Intermission: Short break between the acts of a play or parts of a performance.
- Lines: Pieces or sentences of dialogue.
- Matinee: Afternoon performance in the theatre
- Makeup: Cosmetics of various colors applied to the actor’s skin so that facial features are visible and/or altered under stage lighting.
- Mask: Hide from audience view.
- Preshow: Show that occurs before the main play
- Props: Objects used by actors for making the enactment realistic
- Proscenium: The part of a theatre which is in front of a curtain
- Playwright: Person who plans and writes plays
- Profile: Actor position facing the wings, left or right. Used for arguments or love scenes.
- Producer: Person who finds financial investors, hires the director and production staff, sets the budget, etc. For a play production.
- Play Script: A written version of a play or other dramatic composition
- Role: Part or character played by an actor
- Stage: The platform where actors perform
- Script: Something written by hand
- Theater: A building where performances can be presented
- Theatrical: Of or relating to the stage
- Theatrical Performance: A performance of a play
- Technical Director: Person in charge of everything back of the grand drape except the actors and costumes; answers to the stage manager
- Troupe: Group of actors, especially those that tour from place to place.
- Wardrobe: A piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes
- Wardrobe:
- Wings: Backstage area on either side of the stage.
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