A Does to B
B feels the force of A's Action
Makes an adjustment,
then decides what action to take.
What is Dramatic Action
100
What your character wants
What is a goal/ objective.
100
a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one expends their energies in the pursuit of high standards of artistic effort.
What is Preparation
100
A Russian actor/ director who developed the modern system/ technique of realistic acting
Who is Konstantin Stanislavski
100
A crucial component of all acting, means that you are aware of the other actor as a complete person, and that you are also aware of the potential good or harm that can come from the relationship between you.
What is Vulnerability
200
A character's attitude at the beginning of the play, versus their attitude at the end of a play
What are Polar Attitudes
200
What stands in the way of a character's want
What is an obstacle
200
In a play, anything that excites the next line, action, or stimulus.
What is a cue
200
Wrote Hedda Gabler
Who is Henrik Ibsen
200
The strategies of human communication; they are the active ingredients of dynamic interactions
What are tactics
300
An If/ then statement highlighting cause and effect
What is a thematic message or theme statement
300
_______________ and ____________ may be outwardly mild, inwardly, they are usually stormy and violent
What are plays and scenes
300
To perform a play or monologue from memory, rather than reading from the script
What is off book
300
The author of our in class textbook
Who is Robert Cohen
300
A scene performed without rehearsal or planning of any kind.
What is a contentless scene.
400
A character's objective at the beginning of a play versus their objective at the end of a play.
What is a super objective
400
A mutual relationship between you and your fellow actors marked by giving, sharing, and common concern.
Note: Is the basis for a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.
What is Trust
400
To live truthfully in imagined circumstances
What is Acting
400
Hedda Gabler tells this character s/he has a ugly hat
Who is Juliane Tesman or Who is Aunt Julie
400
_____________________ a scene frequently brings out subtler undertones and more poignant transitions; it also gets the acting "into the body" more than simply sitting and talking.
What is physicalizing
500
The only reliable source of Given Circumstances
What is dialogue
500
The necessary starting place for acting that is both physical and mental; it allows the body to respond freshly and the mind to create spontaneously.
What is Relaxation
500
Acting activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: It is essential to the effectiveness of the actor's collaboration.
What is discipline
500
Pulitzer-winning playwright behind some of the most important and groundbreaking works of American theater and who is most noted for his 1962 drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who is Edward Albee.
500
_______________ are obstacles that you will have to struggle against: against showing them and against their standing in your way. The struggle against obstacles makes you perform more intensely.