SHS Theatre Unit I Review

Ensemble acting requires

• Discussion and disagreement

• Interplay between actors

• Supporting roles

• Emoting

To be effective, an ensemble actor must

• pay attention to others

• emote

• be amusing

• memorize lines

In an ensemble, all parts are

• good

• small

• part of the process

• healthy

Actors must communicate the illusion of

• trust

• the safety net

• the "first time"

• interplay

If an ensemble actor forgets lines onstage, he or she should

• laugh

• ask someone to feed the line

• focus on what's going on in the scene

• panic

Unlike today's raked stages, all stages in the past were flat

• True

• False

STAGE LEFT is on Your Left when you're onstage facing the audience

• True

• False

Generally, the downstage area is considered a strong position for an actor.

• True

• False

Small onstage actions or activities that require little movement are called:

• cheating

• scenario

• stage business

• movement

What includes expressive bodily actions such as shrugging?

• motivations

• gestures

• cheating

• muscle memory