Improv Review
Theatre Trivia and Terms
Ancient Greek Theatre
Radio Drama
Voice Terms
Potpourri
100
The name of this column is:
What is Improv Review?
100
Theatre term for the middle of the stage
What is center stage?
100
This is an example of a Greek God.
What is:
Zeus
Hades
Poseidon
Athena
Aphrodite
Apollo
Hera
Artemis
100
A story told on the radio.
What is a Radio Drama?
100
Being Loud and clear
Projection
100
What 2 subjects does Ms. Gabbert teach at Western Sky?
Drama and Choir
200
The one most important rule of improv is saying "___ ____"
What is "Yes, and..."
200
This is the left side from the actor's perspective.
What is Stage Left?
200
The God of Theatre, Fertility, Wine, and Agriculture
Who is Dionysus?
200
This is the time period that radio dramas were popular.
What is the 1930s-1950s
200
The choice of words used to express emotions. (What the character says)
Diction
200
This is the state that Ms. Gabbert is from
Wisconsin
300
A __________ gives scene partners something to build off of because it adds a new piece of information to the scene.
What is a "strong offer"?
300
An item an actor holds or uses onstage.
What is a prop?
300
The “first actor” because he arranged for spoken word in the midst of choral odes.
Who is Thespis?
300
True or False (not in question format) The radio drama show "War of the Worlds" that premiered near Halloween made some people believe aliens were invading earth.
True.
300
The speed at which you speak (fast or slow)
Rate
300
This team won the last Super Bowl.
The Los Angeles Rams
400
The kind of acting that is coming up with something off the top of an actor's head spontaneously.
What is improv?
400
What actors say to each other to wish good luck on a performance.
What is "Break a Leg!"
400
Poems that were intended to be sung by a greek chorus
What is a Choral Ode?
400
These make the radio dramas come to life- examples: using footsteps, slapsticks, and other noises.
What are sound effects?
400
How high and low you speak.
Pitch
400
This is the year Western Sky Middle School opened:
What is 1991?
500
The full name for Improv
What is improvization?
500
Where the audience sits
The House
500
These masks symbolize the two main emotions in Greek Theatre:
What are Comedy and Tragedy
500
Radio Dramas are similar to ___________ of today.
What are podcasts?
500
The clarity of your delivery, the correct pronunciation of words, and the sound of a character's voice. (How you say it)
What is Articulation?
500
The longest running Broadway show
Phantom of the Opera