Theatre glossary (Mike Green)

A technique used by the drama leader during the playing of a scene in which the leader enacts a role with the students in order to heighten or advance the playing.

The aspects of theatre involved in the creation of spectacle (scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup).

The basis of dramatic activity and performanceText can be a written script or an agreed-upon structure and content (as in improvisational work or a theatrical piece which uses planned, set, disparate components)

refers to the study of art form through performance-centered activities involving an audience. As an academic discipline, theatre traditionally includes the study of acting techniques, scene study, dramatic literature, theatre history, technical design and stagecraft, playwriting, play production, theatre attendance, aesthetics and criticism.

An umbrella term used to embrace all aspects of the discipline of theatre.

Acting exercises which involve group agreement to the rules of the game and group interaction in pursuit of solving the dramatic problem; frequently used for warm-up, motivation, and exploration of character and subtext.

Theatrical literature, history, lore, conventions, and taste that have accumulated across the centuries.

Generally refers to those major eras in which significant theatrical contributions have been made (e.g., fifth century Greece, the Elizabethan era, the French neoclassic periods, the Restoration, late nineteenth century, twentieth century).

The administrative aspects of theatre (e.g., stage management, budgeting, public relations, box office, house management).

The staging of a dramatic work for presentation before an audience.