- College- An institution of higher learning, especially one providing ageneral or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.
- University- A school that offers courses leading to a degree (such as a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree) and where research is done.
- SAT- Scholastic Assessment Test
- ACT- American College Testing
- Liberal Arts- College or university studies (as language, philosophy, literature, abstract science) intended to provide chiefly general knowledge and to develop general intellectual capacities (as reason and judgment) as opposed to professional or vocational skills.
- Integrity- the quality of being honest and fair
- Initiative- the power or opportunity to do something before others do
- Registration- the act or process of entering information about something in a book or system of public records
- Admission- the right or permission to enter a place
- Tuition- Money that is paid to a school for the right to study there
- Audition- A tryout for a show/musical/play
- Callback- The next step after the audition, when you told to come back after the audition
- Casting Call- A local calling for all actors to audition
- Director- The person who makes the decisions in the show
- Actor- A person performing in a production
- Choreographer- The dance director
- Stage Manager- The director's first hand man
- Curtain Call- Bows at the end of a show
- Colleague- A coworker/friend that works with you
- The Pit- Where the instrumentalists stay during the show
- Intermission- A break in the middle of a show
- Swing- A backup for multiple roles/ an understudy for more than one part
- Stage Hand- A technological assistant to the show/ actors
- Spotlight- A beam of light usually to emphasize on a certain position for the audience to divert their eyes to
- Ensemble- The non-named characters in a production