Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
Summer Stock theatres perform only in the summer. They may be amateur or professional, utilize union artists (or not), and have a varied repertoire for a resident company of actors.
A theatrical production entirely or almost entirely sung, with few or no spoken passages.
Someone who is superstitious attributes things to unnatural or un-scientific phenomena
A character that is in many scenes, and helps or hinders the central protagonist on their journey.
A literary, artistic and revolutionary movement, founded in Paris during the 1920s.
A job one takes to support oneself as they are auditioning and developing an active career.
The language spoken by the Swahili people and an official language in many East African countries. It is a Bantu language, also called "Kiswahili."
A selection of colors and fabrics that a designer can reference to make decisions in design.
A literary device that uses a word or phrase to represent another, often abstract, idea.
The first dominant alternative to popular realist dramas from the end of the nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century.
Simultaneous movement or occurrence.