https://theatre.columbusstate.edu/pdfs/Theatre%20Appreciation%20Terms.pdf
https://www.sewanhakaschools.org/cms/lib/NY01001491/Centricity/Domain/2088/TheatreTerms3.pdf
Use the above links as starting points for answering the following questions:
Draw a rectangular stage and label the Audience, Center, Down Left and Up Right
What do you think it might signify when an actor comes closer to the audience rather than moving farther away from the audience?
Explain where the audience is in Proscenium Stage vs. a Thrust Stage vs. Theater in the Round?
What is the most common type of stage?
Where is the orchestra often located in a traditional theater?
What is the challenge of performing in a Theater-in-the Round space?
What is the difference between projection and enunciation?
Why are gestures and facial expressions important to actors? What do they do?
What is the difference between a prop and a set piece and a costume piece? Give examples of each.
What is the difference between a play and a musical?
What is a sitzprobe?
How can music set a tone for a scene? Give an example.
What is devised theater?
What is a follow spotlight and give an example of when a director or lighting designer might like to use a follow spot? (2 pts)
When speaking on stage, even in a stage whisper, actors need to --------- in order for the audience to hear the lines being spoken.
What is the difference between a monologue and dialogue spoken in a scene?
What is improv? In improv, why should actors never say "no"?
If you forget what to say while rehearsing scenes, you say “line,” and the stage manager, director, or whoever is on book will prompt you. During an actual performance, what should you do?
What is motivation and why is it important to character development?
What is the given circumstances of a scene?
What words are usually written in italics in a script and refer to blocking, emotion, or other elements besides lines?
Why might a director ask actors to consider and/or invent a backstory for their characters?
In order to be best seen by the audience, a director may ask actors to alter the way they are standing or positioned by asking them to --------------------.
What pace should actors generally use when speaking lines (except under special circumstances)?
What is a common problem that inexperienced actors have regarding the pacing/tempo of lines?
What is a common problem that inexperienced actors have regarding the pacing/tempo of lines?
How are costumes used in creating character? Use a specific example of a character you have seen and how costumes were used to communicate something about the role to the audience.
What is blocking? Where should blocking get recorded (written down) while rehearsing?
Some plays require actors to contribute some original lines, often as filler. What is this called when actors put in original lines not written in their scripts?
Reaction is just as important as delivering lines. Why?
Where are the wings and the backstage on a proscenium type of stage?
What is a curtain and a cyclorama in a traditional stage? Why don't we have those in the Black Box?
What is a prologue and an epilogue in a play?
What is a flashback?
Who is Constantin Stanislavski and why is he important to modern-day theater?
What are Uta Hagen's 9 Questions that actors should ask themselves about their characters and scenes?
Explain what a goal and an obstacle is in acting and how they create tension.
Explain the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is an overture in a musical?
Explain the difference between a producer, technical director, director, musical director, and stage manager in professional theater.
What is a raked stage?
What is type casting?
Who is Lorraine Hansberry and what is she famous for?
Who is Lorraine Hansberry and what is she famous for?
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