Plays
Anton Chekhov’s first full length play
What is Ivanov
The lyricist and Composer (who died in 2021) that had a Broadway theatre named for him on the occasion of his 80th birthday
Who is Stephen Sondheim
An opening through the stage floor
What is a Trap
The oldest student theatre group on UNC campus founded in 1982
What is Lab! Theatre
The minimum number of seats that a venue in the theatre district must contain in order to be considered a “Broadway” theatre rather than “Off- Broadway”
What is 500
The Arthur Miller play that was originally titled ‘The Inside of His Head”
What is Death of a Salesman
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first musical
What is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The part of the stage that extends past the proscenium arch and into the audience
What is the Apron
The Pulitzer Prize- winning playwright and humanitarian who taught in the department from 1939 to 1944 that the Playmakers theatre is named after
Who is Paul Green
How many Broadway theatres are there in NYC
What is 40
The Playwright who wrote ‘The night of the Iguana” which features a defrocked minister turned tour guide
Who is Tennessee Williams
Longest running musical in West End’s history
What is Les Miserables
A light left on the stage overnight and/or when the stage is not in use for safety
What is a Ghost Light
The original name for the Historic Playmakers Building (a National historic landmark as of 1974)
What is Smith Hall
The First Broadway Musical with an all-female creative team
What is Waitress
This Playwright served two years in jail for committing “acts of gross indecency”
Who is Oscar Wilde
Which Broadway musical has won the most amount of Tony awards
What is The producers
A passageway originally for spectators, used to clear the seating area in quick fashion; also used to describe a ramped passage that allows actors to run onstage from below (and run back)
What is a “vom” or Vomitorium
The year that UNC’s Theatre department was founded, making it the second oldest theatre department in the country
What is 1925
This Broadway theatre is rumoured to be haunted by Judy Garland
What is The Palace Theatre
The Playwright who died in 1673 while performing the title role of his play “the imaginary invalid’
Who is Molière
The F. Scott Fitzgerald book that was adapted into a musical in 2019
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The abbreviation I.A.T.S.E stands for
What is International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees/ Stage Employees Union
Name 7 CURRENT performance venues/spaces within UNC’s Campus (this includes theater, music, improv, etc)
options include (Paul Green Theatre, Kenan Theatre, CDA 104, CPA/Memorial hall, Hill Hall/Moeser auditorium, Swain Hall, Forest Theatre, Person Recital Hall, Genome Science Building, Hanes art center)
12 Glee cast members have won Tonys. Name 6
Darren Criss, Jonathan Groff, Alex Newell, Ali Stroker, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kristen Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald