Theatre Careers Test

Front

What career works with everyone else involved in the production so everything runs smoothly?

Back

Producer

Front

What career brings the director’s vision of the play to life on the stage?

Back

Actor

Front

What career oversees the backstage team as well as the lighting and sound operators, and makes sure the actors are on stage at the right time?

Back

Stage Manager

Front

What is a role of the Director?

Back

Choose a script to perform, then audition actors who best fit each role.

Front

Who makes sure the actors’ voices are clear to the whole audience, using microphones and speakers?

Back

Sound Designer

Front

What career finds the right light to help communicate meaning and create atmosphere and mood?

Back

Lighting Designer

Front

What career develops a plot, characters, and dialogue, and may do lots of research to make characters feel real?

Back

Playwright

Front

What does an actor do to carry out their job? Options: Help actors bring their characters to life. Give regular feedback, called notes. Bring imagination and skills of observation to create believable characters. Consider body, voice, and brain to communicate ideas to the audience. Work with the set designer to know what the stage will look like.

Back

Bring imagination and skills of observation to create believable characters and consider body, voice, and brain to communicate ideas to the audience.

Front

What is something the Lighting Designer must consider when designing for a play? Options: Time and location, Mood of the scene, Vision of the director, All of the above

Back

All of the above

Front

What career decides what the set should look like as the play is performed and tells the story of the play through the set?

Back

Set Designer