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