ENSEMBLE
A group of people with mutual respect for one another working together to accomplish a goal
What is ensemble?
Hearing is passive, but this activity is active. . .
What is listening?
It is considered good luck to give a director or leading lady a bouquet of flowers from this place.
What is a cemetery (or graveyard)?
Showing the weight or force required to move an object in pantomime.
What is resistance?
What is MIDDLE or MIDDLE COMEDY?
This caused the fire that burned down Shakespeare's original Globe Theatre. . .
What is a cannon?
These devices are highly discouraged in the theatre.
What is cell phones?
How well something sticks together
What is cohesion?
This is what we call listening when we don't have to work at it.
What is appreciative?
Instead of saying "good luck" actors say this before a show. . .
What is "break a leg"?
Marcel Marceau's movie hero.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
The type of comedy that doesn't require education or speaking the same language; it's visual and often about bodily functions or falling down or beating each other up.
What is LOW or LOW COMEDY?
This ancient philosopher lived in Macedonia and Greece, tutored Alexander the Great and was a great fan of poetry and drama.
Who was Aristotle?
It is okay to quietly leave the theatre only in this situation.
What is an emergency?
This is the substance or medium that holds two things together (like glue, or nails, or happy memories). . .
What is bonding agent?
The kind of listening you do to learn in school.
What is comprehensive?
According to theatre superstition you should never say the name of this Scottish Play in a theatre.
What is Macbeth?
Moving one body part in exclusion from others.
What is isolation?
This activity releases endorphins, reduces stress and bolsters the immune system. . .
What is laughing or laughter?
Aristotle wrote this treatise which originally included sections on both tragedy and comedy but only the section on tragedy survives.
What is the Poetics?
Although it is encouraged at the movies, it is not polite at the theatre.
What is eating?
You do not have to like the people you work with in an ensemble, but you do have to show them this. . .
What is RESPECT?
The kind of listening a mechanic does to figure out what is wrong with your car.
What is discriminative?
This color used to be considered unlucky to wear onstage.
What is blue?
Making sure that objects remain the same size, shape, rigidity, consitency, etc.
What is consistency?
Fezzik the Giant, Dumbo's ears and Pinnochio's nose are all examples of this cause of laughter.
What is EXAGGERATION OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS?
The most famous mime in history.
Who is Marcel Marceau?
This could endanger live actors as well as distract and temporarily blind audience members.
What is flash photography?
You cannot really have an effective ensemble without this. . .
What is trust?
The kind of listening you should use in a presidential debate.
What is critical?
A tail feather from this bird is considered bad luck in the theatre.
What is peacock?
33. These traveling Italian comedy troupes restored the popularity of mime in the Renaissance. . .
What is Commedia Dell Arte
What is PLANT?
This institution caused the death of mime because it was considered obscene and the brought mime back in the nativity plays.
What is the Christian Church?
This theatre etiquette no-no could actually get you prosecuted or sued since it is a violation of copyright law.
What is videorecording.