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42 Cards in this Set
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Arena stage
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a stage surrounded by the audience
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Audition
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the process whereby actors are seen and heard by directors during casting
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Beat
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smallest unit of meaning that can be clearly communicated to an audience by an actor (slight pause)
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Blocking
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the pattern of actor-movement in a play, usually created and guided by the director
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Block Notation
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an abbreviated method used by actors, director and stage managers to record the blocking
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D.S.
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Downstage
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U.S.
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Upstage
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C.S.
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Center stage
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R.
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Right
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L.
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Left
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X
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Cross
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Counter-cross
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when 2 actors are on opposite sides of the stage before they being the cross; they essentially switch spots
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Ensemble
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the group of actors who put a play together; metaphorically, the rapport and shared sense of purpose that binds the group together
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Emotional/Memory Recall
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a term created by Konstantin Stanislavski; works with the difficulty of finding a substitution in order to release an emotional moment that is required by the text
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Given Circumstances
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the circumstances, events, emotions, thoughts that occur prior to the moment the character enters the stage
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Green Room
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a room near the stage where actors may sit comfortably before and after the show, or during scenes they don't appear on stage
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House
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portion of the theater where the audience sits
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Improvisation
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the act of composing dialogue, movement, sound and/or pantomine extemporaneously
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Method Acting
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Stanislavski; taught that the actor must live the life of the character he portrays
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Mime
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stylized art of acting without words
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Objective
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something aimed at or striven for by the character
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Super Objective
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character's overall objective for the play
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Main Objective
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the character's objection for the entire scene
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Immediate Objective
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the character's objective within the scene
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Obstacle
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an obstruction to the character's objective; can be physical, emotional, and/or mental
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Picking up your cue
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implies that the actor remove any pauses between the previous actor's line and his/her spoken line
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Prop.
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a piece of furniture, or an item, used on stage in a play
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Proscenium stage
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the picture frame stage, in which the whole stage is framed by an arch
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Raked Stage
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a stage that is tilted toward the audience; with the back part raised
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Rehearsal
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the gathering of actors and director to put a play into production
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Set
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the fixed (stable) stage scenery
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Set piece
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any individual part of the stage scenery; usually a free standing item
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Stage Business
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behavior invented by the actor and used in performance to create a sense of characterization apart from the dialogue
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Konstantin Stanislavsky
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(1865-1938) Russian director, actor, and teacher; one of the most important theorists of the 20th century theater
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Thrust stage
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a stage area without a proscenium (arch) that has the audience on three sides of the stage
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Unit of action
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a single dramatic event; contains the character's immediate objective
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Uta Hagen: Step 1 of 6
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Who am I?
What is my present state of being? How do I perceive myself? What am I wearing? |
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Uta Hagen: Step 2 of 6
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What are the circumstances?
What time is it? (year/season/day? what time does my selected life begin?) Where am I? (city/neighborhood/building/room? or what landscape?) What surrounds me? (immediate landscape/weather/condition of the place & nature of the objects in it?) What are my immediate circumstances? (what just happened/is happening? what do I expect or plan to happen next/later on?) |
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Uta Hagen: Step 3 of 6
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What are my relationships?
How do I stand in relation to the circumstances, the place, the objects, and the other people related to my circumstances? |
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Uta Hagen: Step 4 of 6
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What do I want?
What is my main objective? My immediate need or objective? |
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Uta Hagen: Step 5 of 6
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What is my obstacle?
What is in the way of what I want? How do I overcome it? |
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Uta Hagen: Step 6 of 6
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What do I do to get what I want?
How can I achieve my objective? What's my behavior? What are my actions? |