Theater Word Search
Stage life has a vocabulary of its own, from the wings to the house lights. A play is divided into acts and scenes so the cast and crew know when scenery and lighting must change.
Theater word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- actor
- audience
- comedy
- costume
- curtain
- scene
- script
- stage
- ticket
- tragedy
Theater word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- actor
- audience
- backstage
- comedy
- costume
- curtain
- director
- prop
- rehearsal
- scene
- script
- spotlight
- stage
- ticket
- tragedy
Theater word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- actor
- audience
- backstage
- balcony
- comedy
- costume
- curtain
- director
- intermission
- monologue
- prop
- rehearsal
- scene
- script
- spotlight
- stage
- ticket
- tragedy
- understudy
- usher
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Words in the Theater word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- stage
- Raised platform where the play is performed
- actor
- Person who plays a character in a play
- script
- Written text with all the lines and directions
- curtain
- Cloth that opens and closes across the stage
- costume
- Clothing an actor wears to become a character
- scene
- A short section of a play in one place
- audience
- The people watching the performance
- ticket
- Printed pass that admits one person to the show
- comedy
- A play meant to amuse and end happily
- tragedy
- A serious play with an unhappy ending
- rehearsal
- Practice run of the play before opening night
- director
- Person who guides the actors and shapes the show
- prop
- Object an actor handles during the performance
- spotlight
- Narrow beam of light aimed at one performer
- backstage
- Area behind the scenery hidden from the audience
- balcony
- Upper seating level overhanging the main floor
- usher
- Staff member who shows people to their seats
- monologue
- Long speech delivered by a single character
- understudy
- Actor ready to step in if the lead cannot perform
- intermission
- Short break between acts of a performance
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