BASIC THEATRE VOCABULARY

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Search forward, down and diagonal to find these common theatre words. (Disregard the dash in ROLE-PLAYING.)

CONFLICT COSTUMES DIALOGUE IMPROVISATION MAKEUP MIMICRY

MONOLOGUE MUSIC PANTOMIME PLOT PROPS ROLE

ROLE-PLAYING SCRIPT SCENERY SOUND STORYLINE STORYTELLING

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CONFLICT disagreement between characters or ideas in a play COSTUMES clothing worn onstage to give information about a character, such as where the story takes place, when it takes place, social status, etc. DIALOGUE The conversation between two or more characters onstage IMPROVISATION to ad-lib or invent dialogue not in the script MAKEUP cosmetics applied to the actors face and body that helps create the image of who the character is MIMICRY the act or practice of imitating another person or action MONOLOGUE a dramatic presentation made by one person, also called a soliloquy MUSIC an element of production that often S helps create a mood, add suspense, etc. PANTOMIME to act out I a story or situation with M movement only, without P any spoken dialogue PLOT the storyline of a M play developed through A the unfolding of a series K of events S PROPS all articles, except costumes or scenery, O used as part of a dramatic U production (e.g., pan, N suitcase, stuffed animal) D ROLE a part in a play; a character S ROLE-PLAYING to imitate

the actions and dialogue to put oneself in anothers place in a particular situation SCENERY a painted backdrop or flat on a theatrical stage that represents where the story takes place SCRIPTa written manuscript containing dialogue and stage directions SOUND an audible noise, not spoken by an actor, used to help create the environment, establish a mood or aide in telling the story (e.g., door slam, thunder, phone ringing) STORYLINEevents of the story; has a beginning, a middle, and an end STORYTELLING the spoken telling of a story

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