verb: to create a composition
Noun: a theatrical technique that involves selecting and arranging components of theatrical language to create new work.
Each exodus experience is made up of hundreds of compositions or “comps”
Eventually, comps become scenes or ideas that are folded into or inform the scene
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a movement-based technique and training method that helps actors and directors create and analyze performances
architecture, topography, spatial relationships, gesture, shape, tempo, duration, repetition and kinesthetic response
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elements given to actors for inclusion in a composition
A composition is made by actors receiving too many ingredients and too little time
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a tried and true exo statement, one you are certain to hear a lot
An idea that may be non sensical, sloppy, unfinished, but it’s an idea either way! Who knows, you just might discover something totally amazing.
Drunk ideas should be received like your drunk bestie: no judgement, try to understand them the best you can, and lift it up!

a “shalom” or “aloha” of exoland
original by founding member Cameron Roberts, “slel” and similar-sounding gibberish words are used primarily as confirmation phrases (things like “I get it,” “I agree,” and “I heard you.”) or exclamations of excitement.

picture this: you’re in college, scrambling to write that big paper you’ve been putting off, and pop an adderral. You write, it’s fast, it’s flying, you’re like “I’m amazing” and once you read it back, you’re immediately like “what is this garbage?”
In exoland, an addy paper is a run of a show early during development in which all of the scenes are shoved together, almost randomly or haphazardly, in order to explore the function of time within a show, or to draw comparisons we may not have discovered yet.

the structure of a play during the development period
ex: a cast will “put up a scaffold,” meaning they will run the show or a large portion of the show with an attempt and focus on sequencing
often used as a marker or due date within a development process

Often occurs during earliest stage of development: ideas, visuals, references are mashed together and comped without regard for how it connects to other comps
Like the big brother of a drink idea

Think of a play like a line of dominoes: in order for one to fall, the one before must fall, and so on.
A plot domino is an event, discovery, or moment in the show that allows other actions of the play to take place
On average, each scene should at least one plot domino

actors move through their tracks of a show, often shortening the scenes to either the “tops and bottoms” of each scene, or boiling down the language into abbreviated, unsubtle, fast language

an idea that is attached to another idea, but not exclusively, sometimes in solving a problem or deciding where to go next
example: April says “I have these two ideas,” Garrett says “I have an idea that adds to that idea, but could also belong elsewhere.” Patrick says “I like option 1 with the Garrett expansion pack,” which indicates that he may not like the idea as much if the expansion pack were not included”

Glossary created by: Gracie Meier