Rehearsal & Acting
Parts of Theatre
Theatre Jobs
Stages
Wild Card
100
The planning and working through the movements of actors on stage
What is blocking?
100
Where the audience sits
What is the house?
100
Person who brings life to a character
What is an actor?
100
When an actor walks closer to the audience, they are walking where?
What is walking downstage?
100
The person in charge of the money and finding the director
What is the producer?
200
What are the actor's tools?
Imagination, Body and Voice
200
The space between curtains backstage that hide things
What are the wings?
200
Person who had the creative vision for the show. Tells the actors their blocking and helps them create their character.
Director
200
The stage that has audience on 3 sides
What is a thrust stage?
200
Conceals backstage activity
The curtains
300
What does it mean to articulate?
To pronounce words clearly
300
What is the box office?
Where you buy tickets
300
The person who writes plays
What is a playwright?
300
The stage that has audience on only one side
What is a proscenium arch stage?
300
A genre that makes fun of society and politics
Satirical
400
How do actors project?
They take a deep belly breath and speak loud without shouting
400
Imagine you are an actor onstage, facing the audience. If you walk to the away from the audience to your right, where are you walking?
Upstage Right
400
The person who calls the cues for the show, makes sure all actors are present, and is charge of all backstage activity
What is the stage manager?
400
The stage that has seating on all sides
What is an arena stage?
400
A genre that is based on true, real life events
Historical
500
What is improvisation?
Acting without a plan or preparation
500
A section in front of the stage that lowers. The orchestra plays there
Orchestra Pit
500
The person who writes, or composes, music
Composer
500
What is the purpose of the rake?
To raise the seats in the house so that everyone can see the stage
500
A genre where the main characters die.
Tragedy