Quote ID
If I win the lottery, You won't see a lot of me! I'll be downtown, See you around!
Vanessa in In the Heights
This character type highlights the central character’s
qualities, point of view, and actions by
providing a stark contrast.
Foil - Beneatha to Walter; Amy to Jo
Extra: can anyone define MOC?
True or False - Amy is Jo's foil
True
A Raisin in the Sun is an example of this genre studied in the semester.
Realism
Why is it realism?
True or False - Proscenium stages are "basically a theatre with one roof."
I will not disappear without a trace
I'll shout and start a riot
Be anything but quiet
Jo in Little Women
This term covers the factual details with a script that define the world of the play such as time and location.
Given Circumstances - Chicago South Side in the 1950s for A Raisin in the Sun, present-day inner-city America for Pipeline
This object is at the center of A Raisin in the Sun
The Insurance Check
This is the term of what the script of a musical is called.
This playwright said this about their work: "I gave myself the challenge of writing a play about four white presenting people that still deal with all the issues of contemporary indigeneity that I'm experiencing and that people in my community are experiencing."
Larissa FastHorse - playwright of The Thanksgiving Play
"So now it’s life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life--now it’s money. I guess the world really do change."
Mama from A Raisin in the Sun
These two elements from Aristotle's Six of Elements are most significant to musical theatre
Music and Spectacle
True or False - "The Fire Within" from Little Women is an example of an "I Want" song.
False - It is an example of an 11 o'clock number since it occurs late during the second act and depicts a moment of revelation for the Central Character (Jo).
What is Little Women's "I Want" Song?
True or False - The scenes with the Thanksgiving pageants is an example of metatheatre in The Thanksgiving Play
True!-metatheatrical involves the use of the play-within-a-play, which is what is taking place in Thanksgiving Play
Bonus: What other show from this semester features a play-within-a-play?
True or False - Wisconsin is 49th in Per Capita Arts Funding with $0.18 per capita
True - Jen compared this to our neighbors, Minnesota, who are 2nd with $10.07 per capita.
One: Hear me out. Two: Let me chill sometimes. Three: Know when to back off. Four: Know when to keep pushing. Five: Let me have some space. Six: Don’t assume me for the worst. Seven: Show up. In person. Eight: Be fair. Nine: Forgive that I’m not perfect. Ten—
Omari in Pipeline
Name the five tips Jen gives to read a play.
Title, Character Descriptions/Breakdown, Setting, Playwright, Opening/Closing Moments
In Pipeline, Nya leads her class in a discussion about "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. These are the two forms she examines in her lesson plan.
two published versions of the poem–one by a small Black press, the other by the large publishing house HarperCollins
Machinal is an example of expressionism because its based on a true story that's very disturbing
False- the key elements of expressionism in Machinal are distorted time and reality, stream-of-conscious writing that focuses on internal thoughts and emotions, and often does not follow a traditional or linear plot structure
Community Theatre, Educational Theatre, and Semi-Professional Theatre
That empty space is completely finally equal. . . We all created this nothing together.
Logan in The Thanksgiving Play
True or False - The school-to-prison pipeline are the tools and systems that move students, particularly students of color, out of schools and funnel them into the criminal justice system, but one of these tools is not zero-tolerance policies.
False - Everything before the "but" is true, but the last part of the question makes it false since zero-tolerance policies are 100% part of the tools used.
True or False - Logan is a caricature of a white theatre education in the United States, which adds to the satirical nature of The Thanksgiving Play
True
if the playwright rules in the theatre, and the director rules in filmmaking, who rules when creating a musical theatre production?
Hint: I'm looking for two people!
Composer and Lyricist
Imani Perry said that this playwright "didn’t have to choose between a faithful reproduction of social realities and social commentary and the pursuit of beauty. She was able to embrace it all."
Who is she talking about?
Lorraine Hansberry, playwright of A Raisin in the Sun