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WorksheetsFirst Semester Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
On a raked surface, the front of the playing area is higher than the back.
True
False
Generally, the downstage area is considered a strong position for an actor.
True
False
An actor may never turn their full back to the audience.
True
False
Actors who share a scene equally often take a quarter turn toward each other.
True
False
Stage left is on your left when you're onstage facing the audience.
True
False
The most common type of stage
Theatre in the Round
Proscenium
Thrust
Traverse
The stage type where the audience sits on THREE sides
Theatre in the Round
Proscenium
Thrust
Traverse
Theatre in the Round is the same as
Arena Stage
Conventional Stage
Corridor Theatre
Thrust Stage
Which stage type helps make the audience feel most involved in the play?
Proscenium
Thrust
Traverse
Theatre in the Round
What's the proscenium arch?
the grand drape
the backdrop
the wall that frames the stage
the curtains that lead to the wings
Which stage format is often followed for large sporting events?
Thrust
Proscenium
Traverse
Arena
Audience sit on one side of a thrust stage.
True
False
What kind of stage is this?
Arena
Proscenium
Flexible
Thrust
If you walk towards the audience, you are walking ________.
Upstage
Downstage
Stage Right
Stage Left
How many sections make up a stage?
6
7
8
9
If you are walking away from the audience, you are walking _________________.
Upstage
Downstage
Stage Right
Stage Left
The direction of stage left and right is determined by whose perspective?
Audience
Director
Actor
Parent
Q1: What is this Stage Position?
Profile
Full Back
Full Front
3/4 Left
What is blocking?
The act of planning actions and movements in a scene
The act of building a practice set out of blocks
The act of drawing squares on the stage
The act of standing in front of another actor
What does cheating out mean?
To dance
To stand profile
To turn Upstage
Opening yourself up to the audience
Who was the first actor?
Antigone
Sophocles
Thespis
Shakespeare
The ______________________ was a group of 15 actors that acted as one character.
chorus
orchestra
ensemble
protagonist
Greek actors were
Only women
Only men
Both men and women
Dionysis was the Greek god of
Theatre
Dance
Song
All of these
Where was Greek Theatre traditionally performed?
On a proscenium stage.
In a field, beside a tractor.
In an amphitheatre.
In a pool.
Name the 3 types of Greek plays
Tragedy, Comedy, Satire
Horror, Comedy, Informational
Comedy, Religious, Traditional
Comedy, Romance,Tragedy
What did the Greeks call actors?
Thespians
Entertainers
Performers
Creators
