All stagecraft synonyms

noun stagecraft

• melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
• imitating — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
• broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
• acting — Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
• dramatising — Present participle of dramatise.
• drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
• dramatizing — Present participle of dramatize.
• characterization — Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like.
• assuming — You use assuming or assuming that when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
• melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
• dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
• characterizations — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
• footlight — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
• feigning — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
• enacting — Present participle of enact.
• footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
• hamming — an actor or performer who overacts.