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Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 15mins
This person is responsible for creating any dance moves or fight scenes in a theater production. They must have an in-depth knowledge of dance to be able to teach the performers.
Choreographer
Orchestra
Executive Producer
In a theater production, this person will learn the same role as another actor and will perform that role if the originally cast actor becomes sick or unable to perform.
Props Master/ Mistress
Director
Stage Manager
Understudy
In a theater production, this person is responsible for making all creative decisions, including instructing actors on their movements on stage (blocking) and how they deliver their lines.
Leading Actor
Director
Lighting Technician
Marketing Team
In a theater production, who is responsible for designing all the outfits that the performers will wear on stage?
Costume Designer
Lighting Technician
Assistant to the Director
In a theater production, this individual is responsible for managing all the actors backstage and in the wings. On the opening night, they step into the director's shoes to ensure the show runs exactly as the director envisioned.
Understudy
Musical Director
Stage Manager
During a theater rehearsal, these individuals are in charge of managing the sound board and any pre-recorded music.
Lighting Technicians
Sound Technicians
Orchestra
Dancers
A person is needed to write a script for a theater play. What is the job title of this person?
Playwright
Director
Composer
Choreographer
This person composes the music that the theater will perform during the show.
Assistant Director
Scenic Designer
Composer
In a theater production, this person is responsible for designing the set. They will create the "sense of place" for the performance by creating backdrops, furniture, or scenery.
Featured Actress
Choreographer
Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
These people are responsible for operating the light board during theater rehearsals and performances.
Lighting Technicians
Sound Technicians
Orchestra
Dancers
These people play the character roles in theater productions. They must be very disciplined to remember lines and blocking and behave in a believable way.
Actors
Costume Crew
Promotions Team
This person is responsible for financing a theater production from beginning to end.
Producer
Design Team
Director
Actor
Designs the physical surroundings of the theater (stage).
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
Director
In a theater production, who collaborates with the director and stage manager to ensure every prop needed for the performance is either purchased or built?
Stage Crew
Costume Designer
Prop Master
Stage Manager
Whose fault is it? Consider the following scenario and decide which role is at fault.
A woman walks into a restaurant for a romantic dinner. But, there is a green light from a nearby neon sign that shines on her face, making her look old and sickly.
Woman
Restaurant Staff
Lighting Designer of the Restaurant
In a theater production, this individual is responsible for all creative decisions, including instructing the actors on their movements and how to deliver their lines.
Actor
Director
Stage Manager
Playwright
In charge of creating routines for dance and movement during a theater production, most often during a musical.
Prop Master
Actress
Choreographer
Stage Makeup
Builds and designs sets for a theater production. Works closely with the director to get a sense of where the action is taking place.
Set Designer
Producer
Costume Designer
Music Director
In a theater production, who is responsible for announcing "cues" for lights, sound, sets, props, and actors during a performance?
Stage Manager
Sound Designer
Stage Makeup Artist
Director
In charge of rehearsing with the theater orchestra or "pit" for music and also helps direct the actors while they sing on stage.
Sound Designer
Choreographer
Set Designer
Conductor
Who is responsible for financing the costs of a theater production and hiring a director for the play?
Director
Tech/Stage Crew
Actress
Producer
Who is responsible for leading rehearsals, hiring actors, and the overall vision of a theater production?
Producer
Makeup Artist
Prop Master
Director
Who is responsible for creating the soundtrack for a theater production by compiling a collection of music and sounds for the performance?
Choreographer
Director
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Who works with the costume and wig department to create a facial look (old age, animal, time periods, etc.) for each actor in a theater production?
Choreographer
Stage Crew
Director
Stage Makeup Artist
This person is responsible for making sure the theater audience is comfortable, concessions are stocked, and no seats are broken.
Producer
Stage Manager
House Manager
Actor
Where in the theater does the audience sit to watch a play?
Backstage
Booth
Box office
House
This job handles the financial (money) part of a theater production. This job is part of the entire production process and works with both the director and the script writer throughout the entirety of the production.
Producer
Director
Script writer
Stage manager
In the movies, this person provides different angles so the audience can feel the intensity of a scene.
Producer
Cinematographer
Wig Master
Script writer
In the movies, whose job is it to get the best shots to give the audience perspective?
Video editor
Cinematographer
Set designer
Stage manager
These are the people who make sounds effects in movie productions to make the performances more believable.
Sound Technicians
Choreographer
Foley Artists
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a theater production — uniting the creative team, raising the financial investment, finding the theater, and guiding the production every step of the way. (Big Boss)
Sound Designer
Producer
Fight Director
Imagine you are in a theater production. Who is the person who coordinates ALL aspects of the production and is considered the director's Right-Hand person?
Lighting Designer
Stage Manager
Actor
In a theater production, this role would involve applying prosthetics to an actor to complete their character's appearance.
costume designer
director
makeup artist
set designer
