Performing Arts Quiz #2

Fill in the blank:

In order to effectively tell a story, the audience needs to believe and connect with the ___________.

• theater

• orchestra music

• characters

• sets and props

_________ is "the relative social, professional, or other standing of someone."

• Status

• Instagram

• Character Profile

• Environment

TRUE or FALSE:

Actors Communicate their identities to the audience through their relationships with their fellow players.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Objectives are...

• how we act.

• where we are.

• who we are.

• what we want.

Tactics are...

• who we interact with.

• how we try to get something.

• things we want.

• where the scene occurs.

An actor staying "in character" is an example of what skill that they regularly practice?

• objective

• focus

• singing

• tactics

It is important for characters to have objectives because...

• it's what moves the story along and keeps it interesting.

• it makes the audience bored.

• they belong to an actor's union.

• they have to work together.

____________ is an important skill that helps us stay "in character "on stage.

• Pantomiming

• Dancing

• Concentration

• Memorizing blocking

TRUE or FALSE:

"Where?" and "What?" have very little to do with shaping the real-life events that happen on stage to tell the story.

• TRUE

• FALSE

We know where we are by ...

• taking a picture.

• reading a report.

• the taste of food.

• the physical objects around us.