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Tech Theatre, Theatre of the Oppressed

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call large portable pieces of the stage setting?

a)

Cyclorama

b)

Scenery

c)

Set Pieces

d)

Masking

2.

Who is the person who plans and puts into effect the sound for a production?

a)

Lighting Designer

b)

Sound Designer

c)

Lighting Crew

d)

Sound Crew

3.

What area of technical theatre includes all curtains, backdrops and any structures constructed to transform an empty stage into a suitable background for the play?

a)

Properties

b)

Lighting

c)

Scenery

d)

Sound

4.

Who is the person who plans and designs the make-up to be worn in a play or stage production?

a)

Costume Designer

b)

Costume Crew

c)

Makeup Crew

d)

Makeup Designer

5.

Which crew is responsible for organizing and implementing advertisements for the production, as well as ticket sales?

a)

Publicity Crew

b)

House Crew

c)

Stage Crew

d)

Advertising Crew

6.

Which 2 areas of technical theatre use cue sheets?

a)

Scenery and Props

b)

Lighting and Sound

c)

Costumes and Makeup

d)

Publicity and House

7.

Who designs the sets for a production?

a)

Set Crew

b)

Set Designer

c)

Stage Manager

d)

Director

8.

What are the articles handled by the actors or used to “dress” or decorate the set?

a)

Scenery

b)

Costumes

c)

Properties

d)

Makeup

9.

Who is the person plans and puts into effect the lighting for a play or stage production?

a)

Light Crew

b)

Lighting Designer

c)

Lightboard Operator

d)

Spotlight Operator

10.

What do we call the chart listing the makeup needs for each character in a play?

a)

Costume Chart

b)

Costume Plot

c)

Makeup Chart

d)

Makeup Plot

11.

Who is in charge of supervising backstage?

a)

Stage Manager

b)

Assistant Director

c)

Stage Crew

d)

Director

12.

Who is the person who designs or plans the costumes to be worn in a play or stage production?

a)

Costumer

b)

Publicity Crew

c)

Costume Designer

d)

Costume Crew

13.

Who is the person in charge of the stage properties (props) for a production?

a)

Props Crew

b)

Properties

c)

Stage Crew

d)

Property Master

14.

Which crew is in charge of costuming the show?

a)

Costume Designer

b)

Costume Crew

c)

Stage Crew

d)

Costumers

15.

The colored film that goes in front of a beam of light within an instrument to change the color of the light emitted.

a)

Lighting Plot

b)

Sound Plot

c)

Hand Prop

d)

Large Prop

e)

Gel

16.
The command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation. 
a)
cue
b)
luminaire
c)
load
d)
counter rake
17.
Method of flying scenery which uses a cradle containing weights to counterbalance the weight of flown scenery. 
a)
counterweight system
b)
deus ex machina
c)
double handling
d)
black hole
18.
Table in convenient offstage area on which properties are prepared prior to a performance and to which they should be returned after use. 
a)
props table
b)
color correction
c)
door slam
d)
set dresser
19.

The person who is totally responsible for monetary matters is the

a)

director

b)

producer

c)

designer

d)

choreographer

20.

Which type of stage is the most common of the 6 types of performance spaces?

a)

Thrust

b)

Arena

c)

Proscenium

d)

Street Theatre

21.

What type of stage is this?

a)

Thrust

b)

Arena

c)

Proscenium

d)

Traverse

22.

A _____ stage is one in which the performance area sticks out into the “house” and the audience is seated on 3 sides.

a)

Arena

b)

Proscenium

c)

Thrust

d)

Traverse

23.

What stage part is represented by the orange areas?

a)

Acting Area

b)

Apron

c)

Wings

d)

House

24.

What stage part is represented by the blue area?

a)

Acting Area

b)

Apron

c)

Wings

d)

House

25.

What stage part is represented by the purple area?

a)

Acting Area

b)

Apron

c)

Wings

d)

House

26.

What stage part is circled in yellow?

a)

Acting Area

b)

Apron

c)

Wings

d)

House

27.

What is the name of the white, curtain-like structure that covers the back wall?

a)

scrim

b)

legs

c)

Cyclorama

d)

the tent

28.

What is the name of the area where audience sits?

a)

The spa

b)

The playground

c)

The house

d)

The Romper Room

29.

What is the name of the acting area in front of proscenium arch?

a)

The garden

b)

The front yard

c)

The apron

d)

None of the above

30.

Which area of theatre includes a box office, restroom, concession stand, and waiting area?

a)

Front of House

b)

the party room

c)

the cool place

d)

the deck

31.

What do we call a curtain/drape that opens and closes and runs across the entire stage?

a)

a cover

b)

a mask

c)

a runner

d)

a traveler

32.

What is the name of the narrower curtains on the sides of a stage used to block sightlines from the audience? (See the blue curtains in the picture.)

a)

Cages

b)

Legs

c)

Arms

d)

Hiding curtains

33.

What is the name of the performer prep areas created by legs on the outer edges of the stage?

a)

the dugout

b)

the restroom

c)

the wings

d)

Bikini Bottom

34.

The rehearsals where when the technical elements are added to a show...

a)

opening night

b)

strike

c)

blocking rehearsals

d)

tech or technical rehearsals

35.

What do you call shorter drapes on stage that are used to hide the lights and power cords from the audience? (See the blue curtains in this picture.)

a)

teasers

b)

headers

c)

overhead travelers

d)

sky skirts

36.

What is a followspot?

a)

movable flaps that control the beam of light

b)

Something that throws focused light on an actor

c)

pipes that hold lights

d)

something that throws diffused soft-edged pools of light

37.

What is a dimmer?

a)

usually hung at the front of the house

b)

Something that regulates light intensity

c)

metal disks with patterned cutouts

d)

something that throws focused light on an actor

38.

The most powerful person in a theater is the __________________.

a)

Director

b)

Producer

c)

Designer

d)

Choreographer

39.

The ________________________ is responsible for any live music in a show.

a)

Conductor

b)

Musical Director

c)

Vocal Coach

d)

Stage Manager

40.

The _______________________works with the singers in a musical.

a)

Conductor

b)

Musical Director

c)

Vocal Coach

d)

Sound Technician

41.

The _______________ is responsible for making up all the dances for the performers.

a)

Conductor

b)

Vocal Coach

c)

Musical Director

d)

Choreographer

42.

A _____________is a rehearsal without the actors present which gives the tech crews time to rehearse their jobs.

a)

Performance

b)

Wet Tech

c)

Load-in

d)

Dry Tech

43.

_________________ rehearsals are "stop and go" rehearsals where the work of actors and technicians are brought together for the first time.

a)

Performance

b)

Wet Tech

c)

Load-in

d)

Dry Tech

44.

The people who run the light board during a show are called the ___________________.

a)

Master Electricians

b)

Light Ops

c)

Electricians

d)

Spot Ops

45.

The person who runs a follow spot is called a ______________________.

a)

Master Electricians

b)

Light Ops

c)

Electricians

d)

Spot Ops

46.

Augusto Boal created a form of theater that has as its basic principles the transformation of the spectator into the protagonist of the theatrical action and, also, the attempt to, through this transformation, modify society, and not just interpret it. This is the Theater:

a)

Social.

b)

Progressive.

c)

New Age

d)

Of Revolution.

e)

Of the Oppressed.

47.

"Spect-Actor" is a combination of what two words?

a)

Spectator and Actor

b)

Spectacle and Acting

c)

Spectacular and Actor

48.

What two characters are necessary for a Theatre of the Oppressed image or scene?

a)

bystander and upstander

b)

protagonist and antagonist

c)

higher and lower

49.

Who developed the Theatre of the Oppressed?

a)

Stephen Sondheim

b)

Jack Kerouac

c)

Augusto Boal

d)

Winston Churchill

50.

“The Theater of the Oppressed does not want an audience that simply watches and applauds the show at the end. He wants your participation!”

Based on the alternative above and on everything we saw in the previous activities, we can say that the people who make up the audience of a Theater of the Oppressed presentation are called:

a)

appreciative audience

b)

critic-observers

c)

spectator-observers

d)

spectator-actors

51.

Forum Theatre is one of the most used techniques in the world. A staging based on real facts is produced, in which oppressed characters and oppressors clash, in a clear and objective way, in the defense of their desires and interests.

We can say that Forum Theatre is:

a)

A play in which the solution to the problem is suggested and acted out by the audience.

b)

A theatrical play with a beginning, middle and end that takes place without interference from the audience.

c)

A scene in which the solution to the problem is suggested by the audience, but the actors act out the suggestion

d)

A play in which the actors are called the Joker.

52.

Reflecting on what we have already seen, we can say that the Theater of the Oppressed is based on the idea:

a)

That theatrical practice should be performed only by professional actors.

b)

That every human being is theater and, therefore, can express himself through this art.

c)

That the audience should not interfere with the show.

d)

That in Brazil there are no good actors, because they are abroad.

53.

In one of the Theater of the Oppressed techniques, the audience does not know that it is a theatrical scene. What is the name of this technique?

a)

Forum Theatre

b)

Office Theatre

c)

Invisible Theater

d)

Image Theatre

54.

Check the option that shows only Theater of the Oppressed staging techniques.

a)

Forum Theatre, Legislative Theatre, and Office Theatre.

b)

Invisible Theatre, Forum Theatre, and Image Theatre.

c)

Invisible Theatre, Legislative Theatre, and Arena Theatre.

d)

Image Theatre, Forum Theatre, and Arena Theatre.

55.

Which of the techniques of the Theater of the Oppressed is the most known and practiced worldwide?

a)

Newspaper Theatre

b)

Legislative Theatre

c)

Forum Theatre

d)

Invisible Theatre