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Ad Lib Screencap

Ad Lib

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Dec 11, 2014

Aerial Theatre ARTICLE PHOTO

Aerial Theatre

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Sep 09, 2016

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Applied Theatre

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Feb 21, 2014

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Asides

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Feb 07, 2016

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Beat

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Sep 14, 2016

Black Box

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Nov 15, 2012

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Blocking

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Apr 15, 2015

Booth

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Aug 20, 2013

Break a Leg

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Feb 05, 2014

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Callback

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Jan 16, 2014

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Cattle Call

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Dec 04, 2012

Catwalk

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Feb 24, 2015

Character Shoe

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Mar 30, 2015

Cheating Out

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Jul 05, 2013

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Chewing the Scenery

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Mar 26, 2014

Child Wrangler

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Nov 08, 2012

Claque

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Apr 15, 2015

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Commedia dell'arte

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May 28, 2015

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Cue-to-Cue

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Jul 09, 2015

D

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Deus Ex Machina

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Jun 25, 2014

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Development Hell

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Mar 11, 2013

Devised Theatre

Devised Theatre

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Nov 02, 2012

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Double Take

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Jul 05, 2013

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Doubling

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Jan 13, 2014

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Dramatic Irony

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Jan 23, 2017

Dramaturg

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Mar 19, 2015

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Dry Tech

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Sep 26, 2013

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Environmental Theatre

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Jan 05, 2016

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Equity Deputy

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Aug 28, 2013

Exeunt

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Sep 28, 2015

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Experimental Theatre

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Nov 13, 2014

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FAQ

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May 07, 2018

Fight Call

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Apr 22, 2015

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Fight Director

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Nov 08, 2012

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Fourth Wall

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Jan 24, 2015

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George Spelvin

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Oct 24, 2012

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Ghost Light

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Jun 27, 2018

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God Mic

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May 29, 2015

Going Dark Screencap

Going Dark

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Dec 11, 2014

Going Up

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Feb 10, 2016

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Gypsy Robe (R)

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Mar 01, 2015

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Heckling

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Oct 18, 2021

Hold

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Sep 01, 2015

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House

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Oct 22, 2013

How to Use TDF's Theatre Dictionary

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Jul 05, 2013

Hybrid Theatre

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Oct 24, 2012

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Improv

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Apr 22, 2015

Inamorata

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Jul 15, 2014

Italian Run

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Jan 30, 2015

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K

Kick Your Face

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Apr 30, 2013

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Kitchen Sink Realism

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Apr 26, 2016

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Line Reading

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Mar 18, 2015

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Missed Cue

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Jul 20, 2012

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Non-Aristotelian Structure

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Feb 18, 2014

O

Off-Book

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Jun 28, 2016

Off Off Broadway

Off-Off Broadway

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Sep 01, 2014

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Papering the House

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Dec 11, 2014

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Peas and Carrots

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Jul 25, 2012

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Performance Art

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Jan 08, 2013

Places

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Dec 19, 2016

Play Vs Musical

Play Vs. Musical

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Jul 25, 2012

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Previews

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Mar 01, 2017

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Rainbow Casting Screencap

Rainbow Casting

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Nov 20, 2012

Rigged Costumes

Rigged Costumes

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Nov 27, 2012

Rush

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Jan 15, 2013

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The Scottish Play

Scottish Play

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Nov 07, 2012

Scrim

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May 28, 2015

Showmance

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May 28, 2015

Sides

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Feb 25, 2015

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Site-Specific

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Aug 07, 2017

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Special Skills

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Apr 04, 2016

Stage.Door .New

Stage Door

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Apr 15, 2015

Stage Left House Left

Stage Left, Stage Right, House Left, House Right

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Mar 25, 2015

Strike

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Jun 27, 2018

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Stumble-Through

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Sep 20, 2013

Subtext

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May 28, 2015

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Sung Through

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May 28, 2015

Swing

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Jun 27, 2018

T

Table Read

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Oct 24, 2012

Thanks, 5!

By: TDFDICTIONARY

Aug 07, 2012

Theatre Gypsy

By: TDFDICTIONARY

Mar 25, 2013

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Theatre Words We Didn't Know: La Jolla

By: GLARK

Nov 07, 2012

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Theatre-in-the-Round

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Nov 19, 2015

Thrust Stage

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Apr 29, 2013

Triple Threat

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Jul 05, 2013

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TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences)

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Dec 02, 2013

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Understudy

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Nov 13, 2014

Downstage Upstage

Upstage/Downstage

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Nov 08, 2012

Upstaging

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Jan 30, 2015

V

Voms

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May 14, 2013

W

Why are we making a theatre dictionary?

By: GLARK

Nov 07, 2012

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0-9

10 Out of 12

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Jun 28, 2016

11 O'clock Number

11 O'Clock Number

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Jun 27, 2018