Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
To be made or made to feel weaker or less effective
A parent whose child/children have grown up and left home
A role where the character’s gender does not usually match the performer’s gender.
An additional performance at the end of a show, usually encouraged by audience applause.
Mysterious and difficult to understand
A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.
A role with little to no lines who generally appears within a larger group of similar characters.
The musical interval between acts of a play, musical, or opera.
Short, one-act farces to be performed between the acts of a full-length comedy.
A lengthy narrative poem.
A style or genre of drama characterized by realism and an absence of theatrical devices. Often associated with the work of Bertolt Brecht.
A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions.