Acting Fundamentals

are you closer to the audience when you are downstage or upstage?

• Downstage

• Upstage

Is stage right the audience's right or the actor facing the audience's right

• Audience

• Actor Facing the Audience

• Neither

What is the actor's job?

• To not listen to direction
• To be negative all the time
• To show up late
• To portray a believable character

The actor helps the audience by

• Letting them know he/she is acting
• Calling every audience member before the show to explain the plot
• Let the audience know what the character is feeling and thinking
• Speaks softly and quietly

What are the two external tools of an actor?

• Voice and Body
• Heart and Soul

Which of these is one of the "ations" of acting?

• Generalization
• Concentration
• Specification
• Overgeneralization

What are two more "ations" of acting?

• Rest and Relaxation
• Relaxation, Motivation
• Motivation, Precipitation
• Simplification, Relaxation

What are the internal tools of an actor?

• Arms and Legs
• Face and Eyebrows
• Body and Voice
• Voice and Expressions

What are the internal tools of an actor?

• Arms and Legs
• Face and Eyebrows
• Body and Voice
• Voice and Expressions

As an actor, you have three instruments of your own with which to create a character.  They are all of the following EXCEPT:

• your voice
• your body
• your imagination
• your face