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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who chooses the play, obtains a theatre space and finances the show?
Director
Business Manager
Producer
Technical Director
Who creates the artistic Vision for the show, casts the actors and directs rehearsals?
Director
Stage Manager
Producer
Lighting Designer
Who is in charge of all cast lists and rehearsal schedules? They also create the prompt Book and call the show.
Director
Stage Manager
Producer
Costume Designer
This person works with the director to design a lighting plot for the show.
Props Manager
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
This person works with the director, and their vision, to build, buy, borrow or rent costumes for the production.
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Props Designer
This person supervises the technical design team and reports directly to the director.
Stage Manager
Lighting Designer
Producer
Technical Director
This person/people play the characters in the script and follows the director’s vision and concept for the play.
House Manager
Props Manager
Actor
Producer
This person works with the director to create all the items held by the actors on stage.
Set Designer
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Props Manager
This person designs, builds, paints and decorates the set for a production.
Stage Manager
Props Manager
Set Designer
Technical Director
This person creates the budget, pays bills, handles payroll, and runs box office.
Business Manager
Producer
Director
Crew
This person supervises ushers, hands out programs, opens the house doors and communicates with the stage manager during show.
Technical Director
Business Manager
House Manager
Producer
These people take a production from planning to reality by building and decorating the sets, finding props, hanging lights, creating costumes and working the actual show.
Actors
Directors
Crew
Audience
Who is at the TOP of the theatre hierarchy?
Technical Director
DIrector
Business Manager
Producer
Who is the senior supervisor of the design team?
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Technical Director
Who reports directly to the House Manager?
Ushers
Crew
Actors
Designers
Creates a character through speech, body language and movement
Actor
Set designer
Dramaturg
an executive of a theatre organization who is responsible for the artistic vision of the organization.
Playwright
Costume Designer
Artistic Director
Create new dance routines and performances for theatre shows.
Producer
Choreographer
Lighting Designer
Designs and creates costumes to tell a story.
Costume Designer
Fight Director
Director
Provides the creative vision and manages the overall staging of a production
Director
Marketing Officer
Front of House Manager
Supports the audience, helps with ticketing, and makes sure the production runs efficiently.
Playwright
Front of House Manager
Actor
plans and designs the lighting for live theatre.
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Set Designer
Imagines and creates the world of the play. Literally writes it.
Stage Manager
Costume Designer
Playwright
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a show — uniting the creative team, raising the financial investment, finding the theatre, and guiding the show every step of the way. (Big Boss)
Sound Designer
Producer
Fight Director
Sometimes referred to as stagehands. Members of the technical crew that run lights, sound, costume changes, set changes and other important jobs.
Stage Crew
Dancer
Marketing Officer
Coordinates ALL aspects of a theatre production. The directors Right-Hand person.
Lighting Designer
Stage Manager
Actor
What does a Producer do?
Foot the bill
Call the shots
Direct the cast
Works alongside the stage manager
Who makes up the design team?
Stage Manager, Props Manager, Set Designer, Light Designer
Props Designer, Light Designer, Actor, Sound Designer
Sound, Light, Set, Costume Designer, Actor
Props Manager, Sound, Light, Set, Costume Designer
What does the Director do? Pick the BEST answer.
Direct the cast
Interprets the script
Works alongside the Stage Manager
Pays for the production
Who makes up the leadership team?
Playwright, Producer, Director, Props Manager
Director, Producer, Stage Manager, Set Designer
Playwright, Actor, Stage Manager, Choreographer
Playwright, Producer, Director, Stage Manager
In a play, what is the job of the audience?
To use their imagination to transport themselves into the scene.
To cheer and applaud during the intermission and end of the show.
To help the production be successful by telling friends to buy tickets.
To provide actors with constructive feedback at the end of the play.
A producer of a show finds the ___________, hires the director, is the boss. They may __________, or fund, the show themselves.
Money, invest
Money, actors
Actors, money
Actor, produce
Select the 2 best answers.
A playbill is a program that includes these items
Ads
Money, Snacks
Who's in the production like the cast, crew
Costume designs
What are directors responsible for? Select all that apply.
Finding the actors
the blocking
Creative vision
Building the set
Imagine you are designing the set for a kitchen. What prop (items that actors use) might you find in a kitchen? Be careful to only include items actors might hold.
Wall
Ketchup
Table
Oven
Imagine that The Color Purple is opening on Broadway for their first live performances. While the actors are singing, the microphones go off and no one can be heard. Considering who is in charge of backstage activity, which person is responsible for fixing this in the live show?
Producer
Actors
Stage Manager
Director
Select all that apply.
A prop master needs these skills to build and design props:
Likes to shop
Projection
Enjoys making things
Likes to solve puzzles
In theatres and cinemas the place where people buy tickets.
orchestra pit
box office
opera glasses
usher
The highest floor in a theatre.
balcony
box
gallery
stalls
Heavy material often hanging over the stage. It can close the stage from the audience.
circus
curtains
circle
ceremony
The place in front of a theatre stage where musicians sit and play.
box office
opera glasses
chorus singer
orchestra pit
The most expensive seats in a theatre.
box
circle
balcony
gallery
A set of public performances of a theatrical presentation that precede its official opening.
Rush
Open
Preview
Portfolio
A ____________ is a rehearsal without the actors present which gives the tech crews time to rehearse their jobs.
Performance
Wet Tech
Load-in
Dry Tech
____________ rehearsals are "stop and go" rehearsals where the work of the actors and technicians are brought together for the first time.
Performance
Wet Tech
Load-in
Dry Tech
I am a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults authors, and does public relations work.
Dramaturg
Director
Producer
Playwright
