Theater Basics
The art form in which people act on a stage
What is theatre?
The place a play or musical is set
What is the setting?
The author of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, and countless other poems; the greatest English poet the world has known
Who is William Shakespeare?
When an actor moves toward the right side of the stage, they move in this direction
What is stage right?
When a play is set to music and the actors sing and dance
What is a musical?
Something actors must use to make their character come to life
What is imagination?
What the actors wear to look like their character
What is a costume?
The place where many Shakespeare plays were performed
What is the Globe Theatre?
When an actor moves toward the left side of the stage, they move in this direction
What is stage left?
The lesson a characters learn at the end of a story
What is a moral?
A play that has a happy or funny ending
What is a comedy?
What is a script?
The character who saves the day in a story
Who is a hero?
A story told on stage mostly through dance
What is a ballet?
The way an actor responds to something that happens on stage
What is a reaction?
A play that has a sad ending
What is a tragedy?
When the director tells the actors where to move on stage it is called this
What is blocking?
The character who attempts to stop the hero from accomplishing their goal
Who is the villain?
The dance moves created for the people on stage
What is choreography?
A still-life representation of a scene; the actors are "frozen" in time
What is a tableau?
When the actors make up their lines and moves as they go along
What is improvisation?
Speaking your lines clearly and loudly so the audience can understand them
What is enunciation?
The person who tells the actors, stage crew, and musicians what to do
Who is the director?
The speed at which the music is played; can be fast, medium, or slow
What is tempo?
When an actor makes their voice go up and down to show emotion and meaning
What is inflection?