Wilson Theatre Appreciation Vocabulary list: By Chapter

Chapter 1

1. Characters

2. Actors

3. Ceremony

4. Ritual

Chapter 2

1. Performer-audience relationship

2. Aesthetic distance

3. Empathetic response

4. “Illusion of the Very First Time”

5. “Emotional Residue of the Experience”

6. Symbol

7. Metaphor

8. “ Theatrical Time”

9. “Theatrical Space”

10. Realism

11. Nonrealism

Chapter 3

1. Broadway theatre

2. Resident professional theatre

3. Off-Broadway theatre

4. Off-off-Broadway theatre

5. College and university theatre

6. African American theatre

7. Asian American theatre

8. Hispanic theatre

9. Native American theatre

10. Global theatre

11. Political theatre

12. Feminist theatre

13. Gay and lesbian theatre

Chapter 4

1. Critic

2. Descriptive criticism

3. Prescriptive criticism

4. Reviewer

Chapter 5

1. Proscenium

2. Fly loft

3. Counterweight system

4. Wings

5. Arena stage, circle theatre, or theatre-in-the-round

6. Thrust stage

7. "Black box"

8. Stage positions

9. Batten or Pipe

10. Counterweight

11. To "fly"

12. Leg

13. Traveler

14. Grand drape

15. Skydrop, cyc, or cyclorama

16. Electrics

17. Orchestra

18. Deck

19. Beam positions

20. Light booth

21. Sound booth

22. Follow spot

23. Border or Teaser

24. Tormentor

25. “in” and “out”

Chapter 6

1. Imitation

2. Role playing

3. Social role

4. Personal role

Chapter 7

1. Audition

2. Concentration

3. Given circumstances

4. Inner truth

5. "Magic if"

6. Superobjective

7. "Through line" or "spine"

8. Beats

9. Projecting

Chapter 8

1. Director

2. Stage Manager

3. Directorial Concept

4. Casting

5. Blocking

6. Technical Rehearsal

7. Run-through

8. Dress rehearsal

9. Previews or Tryouts

10. Producer or Manager

11. “Front of the House" (FOH)

Chapter 9

1. Plot

2. Obstacles

3. Complications

4. Crisis

5. Climax

6. Genre

Chapter 10

1. Climactic plot

2. Episodic plot

3. Exposition

4. Well-made plays

5. Subplot or parallel plot

Chapter 11

1. Extraordinary characters

2. Representative characters

3. Stock characters

4. Minor characters

5. Major characters

6. Protagonist

7. Antagonist

Chapter 12

1. tragedy

2. Heroic drama

3. Romanticism

4. Romantic drama

5. Domestic drama

6. Melodrama

Chapter 13

1. Comic premise

2. Comedy of character

3. Farce

4. Domestic comedy

5. Comedy of manners

6. Comedy of ideas

7. Tragicomedy

8. Theatre of the Absurd

Chapter 14

1. Design concept

2. Locale and Period

3. Ground plan or Floorplan

4. Turntable

5. Box Set

6. Stage Convention

7. Property or Prop

8. Line

9. Mass and composition

10. Texture

11. Color

12. Rhythm

13. Scenic designer

14. Technical Director

15. Master carpenter

16. Charge artists

17. Props Master

18. Shift Crew

Chapter 15

1. Pulled costume

2. Built costume

3. Line, shape, or silhouette

4. Mannequin

5. Prosthetic Makeup

6. Costume design

7. Cutter

8. Draper

9. Stitcher

10. Cobbler

11. Milliner

12. Dresser

Chapter 16

1. Lighting designer

2. Master electrician

3. Light Board op

4. Focus

5. Light plot

6. Cues

7. Dimmers

8. Control Channels

9. Color Filters or Gel

10. Warm and Cool Colors

11. Fresnel

12. Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight

13. Follow spot

14. Automated-lights, or moving lights

15. Gobos

16. Sound designer

17. Sound board op

18. Sound effects

19. Sound reproduction

20. Sound reinforcement

21. Motivated sounds

22. Environmental sounds

23. Editing

24. Mixing

Chapter 18

1. Opera

2. Operetta

3. Zingspiele or Singspiel

4. Minstrel shows

5. Musical comedy

6. Vaudeville

7. Book musical

8. Libretto

9. Concept musical

Chapter 19

1. Happenings

2. Multimedia

3. Environmental theatre

4. Poor theatre

5. Theatre of Cruelty

6. Agitprop

7. Performance art

8. Postmodernism

9. Theatre of the Ridiculous