Acting
What is it called when actors preform without a prepared script?
Improv
what are the four basic stage directions?
US, DS, SR, SL
Break a leg
who wrote Romeo and Juilet?
William Shakespeare
What musical would you find the characters Elsa and Anna?
Frozen
What is a long, uninterrupted speech by a single person ?
Monologue
Items that the actors hold in the show. Can be big or small.
Props
What does a bad dress rehursal mean?
The actual opening performance will go well.
What is the name of the masks associated with theatre?
Comedy and Tragedy masks
Which musical tells the story of one of Americas founding fathers who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury ?
Hamilton
What phrase is commonly used in improv to accept and build on another actors idea?
Yes and...
What is the name of the person responsible for coordinating backstage activities and calling cues during a preformance?
Stage Manager
Whistle
who wrote a midsummers nights dream?
William Shakespeare
In Wicked what is the name of the man who becomes the scarecrow?
Fiyero
What is the term for an actors movement and positioning onstage?
Blocking
Who is the person/people responsible for moving things furniture, scenery, or props on stage.
stagehands
What is considered bad luck because they reflect light (which is tricky to place on stage without wreaking havoc with the lighting design of a production)
Mirrors
What theatre style from Italy used stock characters, masks, and improv?
Commedia dell'arte
Which musical follows two rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks?
West side story.
What is the name for an actors specific goal in a scene?
motivation
What is the technical theatre term for a specific action, such as lighting change, sound effect, or scenery movement, that happens at a particular moment.
Cues
What is another name for the cursed Shakespeare play that starts with M
"The Scottish play"
The Colosseum
Who wrote the music and lyrics for Hamilton?
Lin Manuel Miranda.