I?
Abbreviate this blocking note: CROSS TO UP CENTER STAGE
X to UCS
or
XUCS
What body position has you facing away from the audience with your BACK completely towards them?
Double points if you can show me. (I am the audience)
Full Back
What is a TRAGEDY?
Double points if you can name one we covered in class.
A serious play about human flaws and fate, often ending sadly.
OEDIPUS REX, A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, LITTLE MATCH GIRL.
Triple points: Your team must SLATE for me.
SLATE: A quick self introduction at an audition.
"Hello my name is ___________"
What is the body position that has you facing ALL the way to the left?
Double points if you can show it. (I am the audience)
Left profile
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during what show?
Our American Cousin
What is an AUDITION?
A short performance where an actor shows their skills in order to be cast for a role.
Who banned theater in Medieval times and threatened to kill anyone doing theater?
The Church, King, and Queen.
What type of of AUDITION is it where you learn part of a dance with a choreographer in order to show a director?
Dance Call
Give me 6 Vowel sounds that can be inflected
A E I O U & sometimes Y
Dionysus is the Greek God of what?
Wine, Harvest, Joy, Theater, Party
Where are the Vocal Chords located?
The Larynx or the "Voice Box"
What is PROJECTION?
Using breath support to make your voice carry across a space without yelling.
What was a physical example I gave you to help with visualizing what PROJECTION is?
Double points if you can show me.
Throwing a baseball
Throwing darts
Bow and Arrow
Throwing a football
What is TEMPO?
How FAST or SLOWLY you speak
What was the prophecy that the Oracle of Delphi gave to Oedipus Rex in the play Oedipus Rex?
That he would kill his father and marry his mother.
Kill dada, marry mama
What is VOLUME?
How LOUD or QUIET you speak
Who was the very first actor? he stepped out of the Greek chorus to be a solo character.
Thespis
What is a Satyr Play?
A play that features a Satyr, who is a half man half goat that causes funny mischief on stage.
Give me 3 ARTICULATORS
Lips
Tongue
Teeth
Jaw
Alveolar Ridge
What is ARTICULATION?
The precise movement of the lips, tongue, and teeth in order to make crisp, distinct sounds.
At City Dionysia, competing playwrights had to present what 4 things?
3 Tragedies
+
1 Satyr Play
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilks Booth
What does DICTION mean?
Clearness of speech, how well words are pronounced and understood.
What was City Dionysia?
A week-long festival for theater honoring the Greek god Dionysus; Playwrights would compete for the best Tragedy.