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actor is a common noun.  Its 2 syllables, ac tor, are pronounced AK ter or AK tor.

The only definition is:  One who acts; one who plays a part, as on the stage.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

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Associations with actor, Definition 1, are:

act as a noun.  Definition 1 of 6 is:  The exertion of power, bodily or mental; something done; a deed.  Definition 2 is:  A section of a drama; the largest division of a play or opera.  Definition 3 is:  An enactment or edict.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

play as a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  Action without special aim or for amusement; opposed to work.  (5) A dramatic composition, comedy, et cetera.  (6) A dramatic representation; especially, a public theatrical exhibition.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

part as a noun.  Definition 1 of 10 is:  A certain portion or amount of anything; a piece; segment; fraction.  Definition 5 is:  So much as is allotted or belongs to one; an individual share, as of duty, business, or performance; interest; concern; specifically, the role or lines assigned to an actor in a play; occasionally, a role played in actual life.  Definition 9 is:  A section of a book, poem, or play; also, a portion of a literary work issued at intervals, at a fixed price.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

stage as a noun.  Definition 1 of 10 is:  The raised platform, with its scenery and mechanical appliances, on which the performance takes place in a theater or concert-hall.  Definition 2 is:  Hence, the profession of an actor; the theatrical calling; the theater.  Definition 3 is:  A scene of action.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

theater is a noun.  Definition 1 of 4 is:  A building especially adapted to dramatic, operatic, or spectacular representations; playhouse.  Definition 2 is:  Dramatic literature and representations regarded as a whole.  Definition 3 is:  A room or hall arranged with seats that rise as they recede from a platform, especially adapted to lectures, surgical demonstration, et cetera.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

theatrical as a noun.  The only definition is:  A dramatic performance; especially when given by amateur performers.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

script as a noun.  Definition 4 of 4 is:  A piece of writing, as in a play, radio, motion picture or television.  Source:  A modification from the Practical Standard Dictionary

character as a noun.  Definition 4 of 10 is:  A representation; assumed part; role; also, the person holding or represented as holding it.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

lines as a noun.  Definition 11 (3) (a) of 24 is:  The words of a play or of an actor's part.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

business is a noun.  (Definition pending.)

piece of business is a noun.  (Definition pending.)

stage business is a noun.  (Definition pending.)

rehearsal is a noun.  The only definition is:  The act of rehearsing, as a play; the act of reciting or telling over again.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

rehearser is a noun.  The only definition is:  One who participates in a rehearsal.

dress rehearsal is a noun.  Often the final rehearsal, with all makeup, costumes and props.

opening is a noun.  Definition 3 of 5 is:  The first part or stage, as of a period, act, or process; a beginning; prelude.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

opening night is a noun.  (Definition pending.)

first night is a noun.  See opening night.

run as a noun.  Definition 3 of 18 is:  A course or period of operation; also, that which is produced or performed in such a period or course; as, an eight week run of a play.  Source:  A modification from the Practical Standard Dictionary

close as a noun.  Definition 2 of 5 is:  To come to an end; terminate.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

stage fright is a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  Stomach upset which occurs at the prospect of performance in public.  Definition 2 is:  The inability to remember what one is supposed to say or do during a presentation.

The singular possessive of actor is:  actor's.  The plural of actor is:  actors.  The plural possessive of actors is:  actors'.

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