People in Theater
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Stage Positions
Theater Positions
100

What is the author of the play called?

Playwright

100

What is a tragic hero?

A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy.

100

Provide light on the theater's seats and aisles for the audience. What word matches this definition?

House lights!

100

Demonstrate center stage.

You went to the center of the stage.

100

What do you do when you rehearse?

When you rehearse you you practice the play you are going to preform.

200

What is the definition of protagonist?

The main of central character.

200

What is the definition of stage presence?

The ability to command the attention of a theater audience by the impressiveness of one's manner or appearance.

200

What is a Balcony?

A raised seating area within an auditorium that extends over seating area below.

200

True or false off stage means The area surrounding the stage that is not visible to the audience.

True!

200

What is theater etiquette?

Theater etiquette is the social code of the behavior during a play or performance.

300

True or false the definition of antagonist is a person or other being in a narrative work of art or play?

False

300

True or false the definition of articulation is: The adjustments and movements of the speech organs involved in pronouncing?

True!

300

What word matches the following?

The sides of the stage offstage left and offstage right.

Wings!

300

What is the difference between Upstage and Downstage?

Upstage is at or toward the back or the stage and down stage is at or in the front of the stage.

300

True or False: Playbills are the money needed to perform a play?

False!!

400

What is the difference between house manager and play manager?

A stage manager is the head of staff that works at theater and a stage manager is the one who has overall responsibility for stage management and the smooth execution of a production. 

400

What is the difference between Ad lib and improvisation?

Ad lib is to speak or preform without previously preparing one's words and improvisation means when an actor who is "in character" makes up an action or dialogue without prior scripting, ad lib.

400

Define Scrim

Light gauzy material used as a lightweight curtain is the answer.

400

What is the difference between Stage left and stage right?

Stage left is the left side of the stage for the actor and Stage right is the right for the actor.

400

What is the difference between On-book reading and Off-book reading?

On-book means an actor is working from memory and off-reading means to be reading the script.

500

Demonstrate a ensemble.

Correct demonstration: A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.

500

Demonstrate Inflection.

Correct demonstration: Sing in a really high pitch.

500

True or false is this the definition of Apron- light gauzy material used as a lightweight curtain?

False!


500

Demonstrate house left and house right.

House right you should have gone to the right side of the stage from the audiences perspective and house left you should have got to the left side of from the audiences view.

500

What word matches this definition: Reading a script for the first time without having seen it before?

Cold reading!!!

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