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• Cue - Last word or action before your line

  or action.

  Signaling for a change of lighting,

  sound effect, etc.
• curtain call - Appearance of the cast at the end of

  the show in response to the

  audience’s applause
• greenroom - Backstage lounge

  Waiting room for actors
• plant - Placing of a prop before the show so

  that it is available when the script

  calls for it
• encore - Repeated or additional performance

  at the end of a play
• in media res - Begin the story in the middle

  of the action
• dramatic irony - Difference between what the

  character believes to be true

  and what the reader or

  audience knows to be true.
• verbal irony - The difference of between

  what is said and what is true

  (sarcasm)
• wings - Offstage areas to the left and

  right of the stage, used by

  actors to prepare for their

  entrances and exits.
• upstage - The area of the stage furthest

  away from the audience.
• tragedy - A serious play that typically

  ends with the downfall of the

  main character/s.
• subtext - Underlying meaning or

  interpretation of a

  character’s words or actions,

  often hinted at or implied

  rather than stated explicitly.
• stage direction - These are instructions

  provided in the script for the

  actors and directors,

  including the blocking,

  movement, and actions.
• soliloquy - A speech given by a single

  actor, revealing their inner

  thoughts and feelings.
• monologue - A speech given by a single

  actor, typically in a long and

  uninterrupted form.
• foreshadowing - This is the use of hints or

  clues to suggest what will

  happen later in the play.
• catharsis - This is a release of

  emotional tension, which is

  often experienced by the

  audience at the end of the

  play.
• exposition - Information given to the

  audience that establishes the

  background of the play.
• dialogue - Conversation between two

  or more characters in a play.
• blocking - Physical movements and

  positions of actors on stage

  as directed by the director.
• act - Major division in a play,

  consisting of one or more

  scenes.
• flexible - playwrights can explore wide

  range of themes and styles
• Economical - produced with limited budget

  and resources
• Tight Plot - focuses on a single event or

  conflict
• Intense Focus - character development, plot

  and themes
• No intermissions - audiences are fully

  engaged in the performance
• Short Length - usually in 10 minutes to an

  hour.
• Single Setting - single location
• Limited Characters - small casts of

  characters, ranging from five to six

  characters.
• 20th century - themes of complex psychological and

  philosophical themes were known
• 20th century - popularized around europe
• 1920-1930 - became famous around the United States

  experimental and avant-garde or innovative
• 1920-1930 - Little Theatre

  Movement
• today's time - remain versatile and have a

  flexible format
• 19th century - performed as part of variety shows

  romantic comedies to

  social commentary
• 19th century - Distinct form of

  Dramatical

  Literature
• renaissance - performed between the

  acts of a larger play
• renaissance - interlude
• ancient greece - humorous and irreverent

  or blasphemous
• acient greece - satyr plays