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WorksheetsTheater ONE
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Worksheet time: 38mins
The arrangement of the incidents that take place in a play.
Exposition
Climax
Plot
Antagonist
Turning point in the action of a play.
Climax
Spectacle
Conflict
Act
The character opposing the protagonist.
Comedy
Act
Climax
Antagonist
All visual elements of production, such as scenery, properties, lighting, costumes, makeup, stage movement, and dance.
Conflict
Act
Spectacle
Comedy
A major division of a play.
Comedy
Conflict
Climax
Act
A play that deals with a serious situation in a serious way. The protagonist dies or is defeated at the end of the play.
Comedy
Tragedy
Conflict
Theme
A play that presents its theme and characters in a humorous way. All characters come together at the end of the play.
Tragedy
Act
Antagonist
Comedy
What is a black box in theater?
A rehearsal room with black walls.
A box that is black.
A box that you put food in.
A box that contains props.
What is Breaking Character in theater?
When you break a prop.
When an actor messes their lines up or makes a mistake.
When you act your lines out perfectly.
When you get hungry.
What is Improvisation?
Acting with little to no rehearsal
Rehearsing a lot
Practicing your play a lot
When you remember your lines.
What is a critique in Theater?
When you act silly
When you get hungry
When you give an actor feedback
When you are rude and have no manners
What is a Monologue?
When ONE character talks on stage.
When TWO characters talk on stage.
When THREE characters talk on stage.
When FOUR characters talk on stage.
Which type of stage goes out into the audience area like a runway?
Whataburger
Arena
Proscenium
Thrust
What is the front curved part of a stage called?
Backstage
The Apron
Wings
House-Audience Area
What are stage directions?
Things the actors are supposed to say
The person who directs the play
Positions on the stage
Where the actor is supposed to move
What is a cast when referring to theatre?
The people who portray characters
The people who work behind the scenes
The thing you wear when you "break a leg"
A statue of a character
What does a stage manager do?
Directs the play
Organizes the show from backstage
Tells the characters what to do
Tells the characters what to say
People who work behind the scenes are called what?
Crew
Cast
Actors
Characters
What does the director do?
Acts onstage
Manages backstage
Directs the play
Writes the play
What does dialogue refer to?
What the actors should say
What the actors should do
What accent the actors should have
How the actors should move onstage
What does the term "blocking" mean in the theater?
Where to move or stand on the stage
When an actor stops being the character & acts or looks like themselves.
Having one's lines memorized; no longer needing the book.
Wishing the actor "Good Luck!".
What does the term "Script" mean in the theater?
The printed play from which actors learn lines.
Where to stand or more during the play.
Having one's lines memorized; no longer needing the book.
An example of a prop is
A dress
A pair of shoes
A broom
An eye-patch
If an actor forgets a line, what should they do?
Scream
Ad-lib
Cheat out
Pantomime
What is the imaginary wall between the actors and the audience?
House
Apron
Forth wall
Procenium
Where do actors stand before they come on stage?
downstage
wings
green room
dressing room
Which part of the body is essential to achieving good projection?
diaphragm
lungs
larynx
throat
What is blocking?
the location of the actors on stage
The positioning of the scenery on stage
the actor's movement on stage
when one actor blocks another actor
Where does the audience sit to watch a performance?
the house
the wings
downstage
the apron
What is the part of the stage between the audience and the front curtain?
House
Proscenium arch
Center stage
Apron
Which lettered space is down stage right?
A
C
G
I
Which lettered space on the diagram is Left Center?
B
D
F
I
What is the room called where the actors can change into their costumes?
Make Up Room
Dressing Room
Green Room
House
What is "the booth?"
Where tickets are sold
Where the props are kept
Where the audience sits
Where the lights and sound are controlled
Name the part of the stage through which the audience views the play.
Stage apron
Wings
Legs
Proscenium arch
How are directions left and right determined on stage?
As if you are in the audience
As if you are in the booth
As if you are in the wings
As if you are the actor on stage facing the audience
What is the room called where actors can relax or wait before and during a show?
Make up room
Rest room
Lobby
Green room
Who is the person who plans all the scenery for a show?
Lead actress
Producer
Set designer
Technical director
What do we call the author of a play?
Conductor
Director
Maestro
Playwright
Who moves the scenery about during a show?
Running crew
Construction crew
Set designer
Where can patrons (theater-goers) purchase tickets?
Sound booth
Box office
Green room
Lobby
Who is the person responsible for clothing, hats, wigs, and on-body accessories?
Costumer
Technical director
Set designer
Actors
What is improvisation?
acting without a script
writing a scene yourself
getting advice from the director
inventing or composing spoken lines without preparations
The Globe Theater was home to which dramatist?
Aristotle
Shakespeare
Johnson
Sondheim
Which aspect of an actor's voice is most relevant when it comes to performing in a large auditorium?
pitch
projection
tone
resonance
What is the term for auditioning without advance knowledge of the script?
callback
open call
cattle call
cold reading
What is the term for the clear and precise pronunciation of words
articulation
pitch
tone
volume
Who was the first actor?
Thespis
Sophocles
William Shakespeare
Dolly Parton
A cloth hung vertically from the files and used to mask the sides of the stage is called
wings
legs
boom
cyc
What is the name of the small items on the set used by an actor during a performance?
a plot
a hand prop
a grid
a costume
What is pantomime?
interaction between characters
expressing a story or idea through movement, gestures, facial expressions and NO speaking
a director's planned movement's for an actor
an impromptu scene
What part of the play sets up the story and introduces the audience to the who, what, where of the plot
climax
exposition
resolution
intermission
What plays the most essential part of good articulation?
Lips and teeth
throat and voice
teeth and breath
soft palate and hard palate
Why did theater begin?
to communicate with different regions
to honor the gods
to have a place to fight
allow people to express their feelings during the dark ages
Which form of communication evolved first?
Dialogue
improv
pantomime
the written word
The three basic elements of Theater
the actor, sets, ligting
concessions, tickets, actors
the play, the script, the sound
the performers, the audience, the play
Which is true of BOTH greek comedies and tragedies?
Comedy did not have prologue and tragedy had a smaller chorus
comedy had a happy ending and was based on current events and tragedies were all written by Aristphanes
Comedy had a happy ending and was based on current events and issues, while Tragedy ended in death or destruction for the main characters as the result of humans trying to escape fate.
Comedy was based on frivolous topics and was intended solely for entertainment, and Tragedy ended in death or destruction for the main characters as the result of humans trying to escape fate.
What is one classification of the restoration period?
written by Shakespeare
a play that ridicules the idle upper class
a play that focused on teaching American ideals
a play that includes stock characters
What does the greek word tragos, which is the basis for the modern word tragedy, MOST closely mean?
goat song
lyrical play
hero failure
written words
In ancient theaters, what was the building behind the stage used by the actors called?
the skene
the teaser
the tableau
the scenario
How can an actor communicate non-verbally?
through pitch and rate
through volume and rate
through articulation and vocal variety
through facial expressions and gestures
What is a gesture?
the sequence of events in a story
a customary way of holding the body
the words spoken by an actor
a motion with a part of the body to express meaning
What is the struggle or problem between 2 or more opposing characters called?
conflict
climax
rising action
dialogue
What is the word or signal given to remind an actor to speak, sing or move in a certain way known as?
a cue
a focus
a detail
a curtain
Where can information, notices, and flyers essential to director/cast/crew communication usually be found backstage?
on the callboard
in the green room
in the dressing room
at the stage manager's meeting
When should one get into character?
well before they go on stage
when they respond to the setting
when they make their first entrance
when they say their first line
What is the vocal terminology associate with running together phrases or using the same inflection over and over?
monotony
good tempo
liquid sounds
meaningful volume
A certain play portrays life in a realistic way and deals with life's problems in a serious manner. Which style of play is this?
burlesque
drama
melodrama
tragedy
What are the director's planned movements for actors called?
building
blocking
projecting
timing
Which term describes how high or how low one's voice is ?
articulation
clarity
pitch
rate
What does pantomime help an actor develope?
resonance
proper pitch
body control
good projection
what is the final line that signals an actor to begin the next line or action called?
an aside
a cue line
a monologue
a through line
What blocking term means to move from one stage area to another?
cheating out
counter cross
cross
choreography
Stanislavski, known as the father or modern acting, favored which style of acting of the stage?
comedy
realism
presentational
musical theater
This is considered to be the strongest part of the stage
downstage right
center stage
stage right
upstage left
what does it mean for an actor to "throw away" a line?
to ad-lib a forgotten line
to under-emphasize a line
to give a line to another character
to steal a line from another character
What is not included in warm-up exercises?
vocal
social
mental
physical
Who developed they acting type known as "the method"
Uta Hagen
Sanford Meisner
Michael Chekhov
Constantin Stanislavski
Which French performer made pantomime popular?
David Merrick
Marcel Marceau
Moliere
Pan Mimos
