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WorksheetsTheatre Final Exam
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 52mins
What is the name of this area of the stage? (a)
Area of the stage between the main curtain and the orchestra pit / only area that can’t be closed off by a curtain
Apron
Alcoves
Teasers
Travellers
A large backdrop that is the last curtain / usually white so lights can shine on it to make it look different colors
Fly Space
Teasers
Cyc
Scrim
Where the parts of scenery are cut, built, and painted
Costume Shop
Scene Shop
Green Room
Front of House
A stage with audience on all sides is called a/an ...
Thrust
Proscenium
Arena
Black Box
Directions on stage are from the ________'s perspective
Director
Audience
Actor
Set Designer
This area is called....
Up Stage
Down Stage
Front Stage
Pit
This part of the stage is ....
Up Left
Down Right
Up Right
Center Left
You can identify a proscenium stage because the audience is on how many sides?
One (1)
Two (2)
Three (3)
Four (4)
What is the name of the area where the orchestra plays music for a musical called?
Backstage
Pit
House
Apron
What type of theater (or stage space) is this?
black box
proscenium
traverse
thrust
Empty pipes above the stage that can be lowered and raised to hang scenery in the air until it is needed
Battens
Cyc
Scrim
Alcove
What body position is this actor standing in?
1/4 Right
3/4 Right
Profile Left
3/4 Left
What type of stage is this called?
thrust
proscenium
arena
flexible
What body position is the woman standing in?
full front
1/4 left
profile right
profile left
The acting area furthest away from the audience is called _______.
upstage
downstage
center stage
apron
What type of stage is this called?
thrust
environmental
traverse
proscenium
The off stage areas to the right and left of the stage are called what?
pit
apron
backstage
wings
True or False:
When actors come downstage and bow at the end of a performance, that is CURTAIN CALL.
True
False
What is the curtain called that closes off the entire stage from the audience?
Main Curtain
Front Curtain
Down Curtain
Stage Divider
What Stage Manager call means that everyone freezes in place?
Stop, please!
Freeze, please!
Knock it off!
Hold, please!
If the actor enters carrying a coat over his arm, the coat would be a ________.
Costume
Hand Prop
Accessory
Set Prop
If the same actor enters now wearing the same coat, the coat would be a(n) _______.
Costume
Hand Prop
Accessory
Set Prop
What is a technical run without the actors to focus on making sure the tech aspects are ready?
Wet Tech
Dry Tech
What does the Stage Manager call "Going Dark" mean?
The show is ending permanently
There's a storm in the area
There's going to be a blackout
The actor forgot their lines
What should the cast and crew respond with to the Stage Manager when they give a call?
"Thank you," followed by a repeat of the original call
"10-4"
"You got it, dude!"
"Thank you, sir/ma'am"
What musical did Lin-Manuel Miranda NOT write?
21 Chump Street
Dear Evan Hansen
Hamilton
Bring It On, the Musical
Who creates movement and dance to help tell a story?
Director
Choreographer
Designer
Stage Manager
Who oversees the creation of the production elements and manages the budget and overall production schedule?
Marketing Director
Fight Director
Production Manager
Box Office Manager
Who helps with all areas of the production, guides rehearsals, creates documentation, and oversees run of the show?
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Scenic Painter
Musical Director
Who analyzes the script and guides the entire production?
Composer/Lyricist
Director
Musical Director
Fight Director
Who oversees all promotion of the shows and the theatre company?
Actor
House Manager
Marketing Director
Usher
Who prepares for and oversees the execution of the hanging and focusing of lighting instruments for the show?
Designer
Technical Director
Master Electrician
Prop Master
Who oversees members of the company by handling payroll, contracts, and living or travel needs?
General Manager
Company Manager
Stage Manager
Box Office Manager
Who takes care of all patron needs and oversees all front-of-house staff including concessions and ushers?
Company Manager
Marketing Director
Master Electrician
House Manager
Who creates a plan for the construction of the set designer’s vision; oversees scenic, electrics, prop, and sound?
Master Carpenter
Master Electrician
Technical Director
Stage Manager
Who writes the script for the play?
Playwright
Composer/Lyricist
Actor
Director
Who creates the characters and brings the story to life?
Actor
Playwright
Director
Composer/Lyricist
A Fight Director creates all ___________ for a production.
Violence
Choreography
Blocking
Weapon Props
Who works with the house manager to assist patrons by guiding them to their seats and distributing programs?
Stage Manager
Usher
General Manager
Designer
What song in a musical tells what the character is hoping for, wishing for, desires, or wants?
Opening Number
"I Want" Song
Eleven O'Clock Number
Closing Number
What song in a musical is the last song in the show, brings the plot to a conclusion, and usually has the full cast?
Opening Number
"I Want" Song
Eleven O'Clock Number
Closing Number
What song in a musical often shows a moment where a lead character has a change of heart or makes a big decision?
Opening Number
"I Want" Song
Eleven O'Clock Number
Closing Number
What song in a musical is the first song in the show and tells the audience where, who, and what?
Opening Number
"I Want" Song
Eleven O'Clock Number
Closing Number
From what primitive people group did the word "drama" originate, meaning "to do" or "to act."
Egyptian
Greek
Hebrew
Roman
What was the name of the festival of tragedies, where a coveted prize was awarded to the best series of plays?
Festival of Plays
Tragedy Fest
City Dionysia
Fringe Festival
The first tragedian to win the playwriting prize during the Festival was __________.
Thespis
Sophocles
Aristotle
Euripides
Which Greek playwright is considered the "Father of Tragedy?"
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Aristophanes
Who is considered the finest comic writer of ancient Greece?
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Aristophanes
Which ancient people group had a government that did not support theatre, therefore making it appeal mostly to the lower class?
Egyptian
Greek
Roman
Hebrew
What theatrical genre was the beginning of Chinese theatre?
Opera
Tragedy
Interpretive Dance
Puppetry
Bunraku, a form of Japanese theatre that involved marionettes, could also be described as _______.
Opera
Tragedy
Interpretive Dance
Puppetry
Mystery plays, miracle plays, and morality plays were the three types of plays presented during which theatrical time period?
Stone Age
Middle Ages
Ice Age
Colonial Times
This morality play, still performed today, follows the journey of the lead character to Death, and while his Friends, Worldly Goods, and so on, all leave him, only Good Deeds accompanies him to the grave.
Antigone
The Birds
Othello
Everyman
This playwright is considered the greatest of all English dramatists
Ben Jonson
Moliere
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
The 19th century brought us into a time of ________, an emotional escape into adventure, beauty, and sentimental idealism.
Realism
Romanticism
Classicism
Neo-Classicism
The style of American theatre that was a variety show, featuring everything including trained seals, singers, acrobats, jugglers, dancers, comedians, and animal acts.
Vaudeville
Absurdism
Legitimate Theatre
Epic Theatre
American playwright that focused on the dilemma of American families and the tragedy of commons citizens in such plays as Death of a Salesman, All My Sons, and The Crucible.
Tennessee Williams
George Bernard Shaw
Thornton Wilder
Arthur Miller
