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Theatre Terms BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. I-emphasis on a theme or message rather than a story
    I-Concept Musical
  2. I-where the audience sits
    I-house
  3. B-an item held or used by actor to make scene more realistic
    B-prop
  4. N-acting something out without speaking
    N-pantomime
  5. G-the events and history of a character
    G-backstory
  6. O-wrote West Side Story and Into the Woods
    O-Stephen Sondheim
  7. O-words of a musical aka "book"
    O-libretto
  8. B-position of actors on stage
    B-blocking
  9. G-a dance move bending knees and lowering body toward ground
    G-plie
  10. N-the reason a character acts or makes choices
    N-motivation
  11. G-body movement used to communicate
    G-gesture
  12. B-someone who offers opposition
    B-Antagonist
  13. G-a prompt for some action on stage
    G-cue
  14. N-an acting part in a production
    N-role
  15. B-actor recalls emotions from his/her own life to identify with character
    B-method
  16. O-person in charge of creating the dance moves in a show
    O-choreographer
  17. N-a dance move on one's toes
    N-releve
  18. B-music written in a script
    B-score
  19. B-lines spoken by multiple actors
    B-dialog
  20. O-days when cast has no rehearsal or performance
    O-dark
  21. G-moving in response to another character's motion on stage
    G-counter
  22. I-brush and step in tap dance
    I-Falap
  23. I-indications of events to come
    I-foreshadowing
  24. I-towards the audience
    I-downstage
  25. I-more serious tone
    I-dramatic
  26. N-first rock musical
    N-Hair
  27. N-the concluding part of a performance
    N-finale
  28. G-a stage with a frame around it
    G-proscenium stage
  29. B-cross
    B-X
  30. O-elements of both dramatic and comic tone
    O-serio comic
  31. I-a moment an actor pauses
    I-beat
  32. O-repeat of earlier material
    O-reprise
  33. O-a lapse in maintaining the illusion of the character
    O-breaking character
  34. O-making things up on the spot
    O-improvisation
  35. B-sides of a stage not seen to the audience
    B-wings
  36. G-wrote Oklahoma and Carousel
    G-Rogers & Hammerstein
  37. N-major character in a work
    N-protagonist
  38. G-when the audience is seated all around the stage
    G-arena stage
  39. I-speak loudly and clearly
    I-project