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WorksheetsTheatre Roles and Responsibilities Worksheet
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 53mins
The most powerful person in a theatre is the _____________.
Producer
Actor
Director
Playwright
The most important thing about really good directors is that they are all very good _____________.
Collaborators
Singers
Painters
Programmers
Directors _____________.
Have no legal obligations
Are not responsible for company affairs
Cannot be removed from office
All of the above
Producers have to be _____________.
Day dreamers
Bystanders
Complainers
Problem solvers
The person who is totally responsible for monetary matters is the _____________.
Scriptwriter
Producer
Director
D. Cameraman
The director does NOT usually work directly with the _____________.
Audience
Actors
Designers
Stage Manager
In most school theatre productions, who is primarily responsible for organizing and overseeing the show?
Parents
Students
Custodians
Teachers
Who is primarily responsible for overseeing the artistic vision of a film?
Cinematographer
Producer
Director
Editor
The ________________ is responsible for any live music in a show.
Conductor
Music Director
Vocal Coach
Stage Manager
The ________________ works with the singers in a musical.
Conductor
Music Director
Vocal Coach
Sound Technician
The ________________ is in charge of all the musicians during a musical.
Conductor
Music Director
Vocal Coach
Choreographer
The ________________ is responsible for making up all the dances for the performers.
Conductor
Music Director
Vocal Coach
Choreographer
The ________________ is responsible for keeping the production within budget, spending money, and bringing money in through various means, such as ticket sales and advertisements in programs.
Producer
Business Manager
Accountants
Collaborators
The ________________ of a play are responsible for conferring with the director to get the physical environment on-stage to work with the director's concept of the play.
Producers
Business Managers
Accountants
Designers
The ________________ oversees all the technical crews during the preparation period. He or she is responsible for getting everything finished on time, and within the budget allotted.
Producer
Stage Manager
Tech Director
Director
The ________________ are responsible for anything that looks permanent to the audience.
Carpenters
Props Crews
Electricians
Costumers
The ________________ are responsible for anything to do with light on the stage.
Carpenters
Props Crews
Electricians
Costumers
________________ are items that look movable that are on stage when the lights come up.
Costumes
Hand Props
Sets
Set Props
________________ are anything an actor brings onstage with him or her.
Costumes
Hand Props
Sets
Set Props
The sounds of a car door slamming, the car engine starting, and the car driving away are ________________.
Sound Effects
Hand Props
Sound Reinforcement
Set Props
In large theatres, when actors need to be miked for the audience to hear them, the sound crew is responsible for ________________.
Sound Effects
Hand Props
Sound Reinforcement
Set Props
The ______________ crew is responsible for anything an actor wears on stage.
Set
Props
Make-up
Costume
If an actor enters carrying a coat over his arm, the coat would be a ________________.
Costume
Hand Prop
Set
Set Prop
If the same actor enters wearing the same coat, the coat would be a ________________.
Costume
Hand Prop
Set
Set Prop
If the same coat is hanging on a coat rack, it is a _________________ .
Costume
Hand Prop
Set
Set Prop
The ________________ crew is responsible for anything an actor applies to his/her skin or hair.
Make-up
Props
Sound
Costume
When technical rehearsals start, the ________________ takes over the run of the show.
Producer
Stage Manager
Tech Director
Director
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 Op
Electricians
Spot Op
Whenever scenery moves on or off stage horizontally from the wings, or offstage areas, this is the responsibility of the ________________.
Carpenters
Deck Crew
Props Crew
Fly Person
If scenery moves in and out from above the stage, that is the responsibility of the _________
Carpenters
Deck Crew
Props Crew
Fly Person
________ control the sound reinforcement and sound effects during a show from the mix position in the auditorium.
Master Electricians
Sound Ops
Electricians
DJ's
The ________ makes sure all the hand props are laid out on a table in labeled areas.
Actors
Deck Crew
Props Crew
Fly Person
It is the ________ responsibility to pick up and return hand props.
Actor's
Deck Crew's
Props Crew's
Stage Manager's
It is the ________ responsibility to make sure all set props are in position on stage before the audience arrives.
Actor's
Deck Crew's
Props Crew's
Stage Manager's
The ________ help performers into their costumes and make sure everything looks good.
Other Actors
Deck Crew
Props Crew
Dressers
________ crew members help the actors with anything they put on their skin or hair.
Costume
Make-up
Dressers
Props
If a live production is like a living being, the ________ is the brain that tells all the other parts what to do while the play is being performed.
Producer
Stage Manager
Tech Director
Director
The place where the audience sits during a play is called the _____________.
Lobby
Auditorium
Green Room
Stage
The Edison has seating in the ____________ and in the ____________ above.
Orchestra and Balcony
Balcony and Wings
Lobby and Balcony
Pit and Balcony
At the very back of the auditorium is the _____________________________. This is where the sound technicians run all the sound effects and sound reinforcement during a show.
DJ Booth
Control Booth
Stage Manager’s Desk
Sound Mix Position
One flight up, behind the balcony, is the ____________, where the lighting technicians control the lights, and the stage manager calls the cues for the show over intercom.
DJ Booth
Control Booth
Stage Manager’s Desk
Sound Mix Position
The ____________ is the lighting position over the audience’s heads.
FOH
Electric
Alcove
FHA
The lighting position on the side of the proscenium is called the ____________.
FOH
Electric
Alcove
FHA
During a musical, the orchestra usually sits in the ____________.
Wings
Backstage
Pit
Lobby
The stage opening is called the ___________________________.
Parenski
Presidio
Thrust
Proscenium
________________________ is a huge curtain made of fire resistant material that quickly seals off the entire proscenium opening in case of a fire onstage.
Fire Curtain
Grand Drape
Act Curtain
Scrim
The curtain that closes off almost the entire stage is called the _________________.
Grand Teaser
Grand Drape
Act Curtain
Cyc
The area between the main curtain and the orchestra pit is called the _________.
Wings
Apron
Stage
Fly Loft
A large open space with pipes, curtains, and lighting instruments hanging in the air is called the _________________.
Wings
Apron
Stage
Fly Loft
The lighting positions over the stage are called the ________________________.
FOH
Alcoves
Electrics
Floor Pockets
Pipes that can be lowered and raised, and are used to hang scenery in the air until it is needed are called ________________________.
Drops
Tormentors
Teasers
Battens
The ________________________ is a series of weights, pipes and ropes used to hang and fly scenery, curtains, and electrics in and out of sight of the audience.
Drop
Counterweight System
Alcove
Batten
Anyone using #15 needs to be trained by a _____________________________.
Stagehand
Director
Certified Rigger
Fellow Student
The curtain just upstage from the main curtain, that hides things hanging over the stage is the _____________________________.
Backdrop
Cyc
Grand Drape
Tormentor
The curtains that hide the upstage fly space from the audience are called _____________________________.
Teasers
Cycs
Grand Drapes
Tormentors
The off-stage area where scenery can be stored is called the _____________________________ area.
Wing
Call Board
Green Room
Tormentor
_____________________________ hide the offstage areas from the audience.
Teasers
Legs
Grand Drapes
Travellers
The first set of legs are called the _____________________________.
Teasers
Legs
Grand Drapes
Tormentors
Curtains that can close off part of the stage from the audience’s view are called _____________.
Scrims
Travelers
Cyc
Backdrop
A _____________________________ is a large canvas background that is the last curtain that is often white so it can be turned different colors just by shining different colors of light on it.
Scrim
Traveler
Cyc
Backdrop
A large piece of fabric, painted to resemble something or some place, is called a _______.
Scrim
Traveler
Cyc
Backdrop
A specialty curtain that is made of a see-through material that looks solid when lit from the front... and transparent when lit from the rear is called a _______________.
Scrim
Traveler
Cyc
Backdrop
Anything electrical that is used close to floor level is plugged into ____________.
FOH
Alcoves
Electrics
Floor Pockets
Rehearsal schedules, tech schedules, sign-up sheets, and all theater related messages are posted on the ____________.
Call Board
Lobby Door
Scene Shop
Green Room
The ____________ is where the carpenters build the sets, and the scenic artists paint them.
Call Board
Lobby Door
Scene Shop
Green Room
The ____________ is where the actors hang out when they're not on-stage for an extended time.
Costume Shop
Costume Shop
Scene Shop
Green Room
The ____________ is where the actors change clothes, do make-up, and get ready to perform.
Dressing Room
Costume Shop
Scene Shop
Green Room
