Theatre Arts Midterm

Who was the first actor?

• Dionysus
• Thespis
• Satyr
• Dithyramb

Responsible for leading rehearsals, hiring, actors, and the overall vision of a production.

• Producer
• Makeup Artist
• Prop Master
• Director

Members of a group should practice _______ , the act of working together with mutual respect for a common goal.

• cooperation
•  self-confidence
• self-talk
• self-image

Listening is an important theatre skill.

• true
• false

Planning and working out the movements and stage grouping for a play is called _________________ .

• blocking
• stage pictures
• acting areas
• wings

______________________is a variety in speech; for example going from a yell to a whisper, a contrast.

• Resonation

• Inflection

• Articulation

• Improvisation

Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition is called _______________________

• focus

• good luck

• cold reading

• panic

________________ means to move from one place onstage to another.

• Cross

• Focus

• Open

• Upstage

To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible is to be ________________.

• cross

• open

• focus

• beat

The auditorium , or the area where the audience sits is called__________.

• house

• out house

• stadium

• apron