Drama ( Greek ` to do ' , ` seeing place ' ) is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience . It uses speech , gesture , music , dance , sound and spectacleâ '' indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts . `` Drama '' ( Greek `` to do '' , `` seeing place '' ) is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech , gesture , music , dance , sound and spectacleâ '' indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts .