WorksheetsTech Theatre, Theatre of the Oppressed
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
What do we call large portable pieces of the stage setting?
Cyclorama
Scenery
Set Pieces
Masking
Who is the person who plans and puts into effect the sound for a production?
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Lighting Crew
Sound Crew
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?
Properties
Lighting
Scenery
Sound
Who is the person who plans and designs the make-up to be worn in a play or stage production?
Costume Designer
Costume Crew
Makeup Crew
Makeup Designer
Which crew is responsible for organizing and implementing advertisements for the production, as well as ticket sales?
Publicity Crew
House Crew
Stage Crew
Advertising Crew
Which 2 areas of technical theatre use cue sheets?
Scenery and Props
Lighting and Sound
Costumes and Makeup
Publicity and House
Who designs the sets for a production?
Set Crew
Set Designer
Stage Manager
Director
What are the articles handled by the actors or used to “dress” or decorate the set?
Scenery
Costumes
Properties
Makeup
Who is the person plans and puts into effect the lighting for a play or stage production?
Light Crew
Lighting Designer
Lightboard Operator
Spotlight Operator
What do we call the chart listing the makeup needs for each character in a play?
Costume Chart
Costume Plot
Makeup Chart
Makeup Plot
Who is in charge of supervising backstage?
Stage Manager
Assistant Director
Stage Crew
Director
Who is the person who designs or plans the costumes to be worn in a play or stage production?
Costumer
Publicity Crew
Costume Designer
Costume Crew
Who is the person in charge of the stage properties (props) for a production?
Props Crew
Properties
Stage Crew
Property Master
Which crew is in charge of costuming the show?
Costume Designer
Costume Crew
Stage Crew
Costumers
The colored film that goes in front of a beam of light within an instrument to change the color of the light emitted.
Lighting Plot
Sound Plot
Hand Prop
Large Prop
Gel
The person who is totally responsible for monetary matters is the
director
producer
designer
choreographer
Which type of stage is the most common of the 6 types of performance spaces?
Thrust
Arena
Proscenium
Street Theatre
What type of stage is this?
Thrust
Arena
Proscenium
Traverse
A _____ stage is one in which the performance area sticks out into the “house” and the audience is seated on 3 sides.
Arena
Proscenium
Thrust
Traverse
What stage part is represented by the orange areas?
Acting Area
Apron
Wings
House
What stage part is represented by the blue area?
Acting Area
Apron
Wings
House
What stage part is represented by the purple area?
Acting Area
Apron
Wings
House
What stage part is circled in yellow?
Acting Area
Apron
Wings
House
What is the name of the white, curtain-like structure that covers the back wall?
scrim
legs
Cyclorama
the tent
What is the name of the area where audience sits?
The spa
The playground
The house
The Romper Room
What is the name of the acting area in front of proscenium arch?
The garden
The front yard
The apron
None of the above
Which area of theatre includes a box office, restroom, concession stand, and waiting area?
Front of House
the party room
the cool place
the deck
What do we call a curtain/drape that opens and closes and runs across the entire stage?
a cover
a mask
a runner
a traveler
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.)
Cages
Legs
Arms
Hiding curtains
What is the name of the performer prep areas created by legs on the outer edges of the stage?
the dugout
the restroom
the wings
Bikini Bottom
The rehearsals where when the technical elements are added to a show...
opening night
strike
blocking rehearsals
tech or technical rehearsals
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.)
teasers
headers
overhead travelers
sky skirts
What is a followspot?
movable flaps that control the beam of light
Something that throws focused light on an actor
pipes that hold lights
something that throws diffused soft-edged pools of light
What is a dimmer?
usually hung at the front of the house
Something that regulates light intensity
metal disks with patterned cutouts
something that throws focused light on an actor
The most powerful person in a theater is the __________________.
Director
Producer
Designer
Choreographer
The ________________________ is responsible for any live music in a show.
Conductor
Musical Director
Vocal Coach
Stage Manager
The _______________________works with the singers in a musical.
Conductor
Musical Director
Vocal Coach
Sound Technician
The _______________ is responsible for making up all the dances for the performers.
Conductor
Vocal Coach
Musical Director
Choreographer
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 actors and technicians are brought together for the first time.
Performance
Wet Tech
Load-in
Dry Tech
The people who run the light board during a show are called the ___________________.
Master Electricians
Light Ops
Electricians
Spot Ops
The person who runs a follow spot is called a ______________________.
Master Electricians
Light Ops
Electricians
Spot Ops
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:
Social.
Progressive.
New Age
Of Revolution.
Of the Oppressed.
"Spect-Actor" is a combination of what two words?
Spectator and Actor
Spectacle and Acting
Spectacular and Actor
What two characters are necessary for a Theatre of the Oppressed image or scene?
bystander and upstander
protagonist and antagonist
higher and lower
Who developed the Theatre of the Oppressed?
Stephen Sondheim
Jack Kerouac
Augusto Boal
Winston Churchill
“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:
appreciative audience
critic-observers
spectator-observers
spectator-actors
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 play in which the solution to the problem is suggested and acted out by the audience.
A theatrical play with a beginning, middle and end that takes place without interference from the audience.
A scene in which the solution to the problem is suggested by the audience, but the actors act out the suggestion
A play in which the actors are called the Joker.
Reflecting on what we have already seen, we can say that the Theater of the Oppressed is based on the idea:
That theatrical practice should be performed only by professional actors.
That every human being is theater and, therefore, can express himself through this art.
That the audience should not interfere with the show.
That in Brazil there are no good actors, because they are abroad.
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?
Forum Theatre
Office Theatre
Invisible Theater
Image Theatre
Check the option that shows only Theater of the Oppressed staging techniques.
Forum Theatre, Legislative Theatre, and Office Theatre.
Invisible Theatre, Forum Theatre, and Image Theatre.
Invisible Theatre, Legislative Theatre, and Arena Theatre.
Image Theatre, Forum Theatre, and Arena Theatre.
Which of the techniques of the Theater of the Oppressed is the most known and practiced worldwide?
Newspaper Theatre
Legislative Theatre
Forum Theatre
Invisible Theatre
