August/September Review

Composer/Musical of the Month

100

Which composer wrote our musical of the month?

Jeanine Tesori

200

Shrek the musical was on Broadway for:

a) 10 years

b) 2 years

c) 7 years

d) 5 years

b) 2 years

300

Name a musical written by Jeanine Tesori that is NOT Shrek.

Violet, Kimberly Akimbo, Thoroughly Modern Millie, etc.

400

True or False: The actress who played Fiona in Shrek also played a lead in two other Jeanine Tesori musicals. 

True. Thoroughly Modern Millie and Violet.

500

What was Jeanine Tesori's initial major in college?

a) Law

b) Medicine

c) Teaching

d) Cooking

b) Medicine

Stage Directions

100

What is the area directly in the middle of the stage called?

Center Stage

200

If the TV is the audience and the carpet is the stage, what color dot would be considered DOWNSTAGE?

Red.

300

Stage Left and Stage Right are determined by the AUDIENCE's left and right.

True or False?

False. It's determine by the actor's left and right on the stage. 

400

If somebody is told to move away from the audience, they are being told to move UPSTAGE.

True or False?

True

500

Historically speaking, why do we call the front of the stage DOWNstage and the back of the stage UPstage?

Back in the day, stages were slanted, and therefore in order to get to the front of the stage you had to walk DOWN and to get to the back of the stage you had to walk UP. 

Jobs In Theatre

100

What does a choreographer do?

The come up with the dance moves and helps teach them to the cast. 

200

The name of the person who writes the music for a show is called:

a) the composer

b) the conductor

c) the converter

d) the compressor

a) the composer

300

What do we call the person who checks your ticket, tells you where you sit, and hands you a playbill at the theatre?

a) the greeter

b) the security

c) the usher

d) the director

c) the usher

400

A director is in charge of what happens backstage and a stage manager is in charge of what happens on stage.

True or False?

False. 

500

A costumer builds all of the amazing costumes for a show in an area called the "costume ____"

a) store

b) workspace

c) warehouse

d) shop

d) shop

Parts of the Theatre

100

What do shows perform on?

a stage

200

What do we call the area under the stage where the orchestra plays the background music?

a) the ditch

b) the pit

c) the cave

d) the hole

b) the pit

300

The offstage area on either side of the stage where the actors wait to enter are called "the legs".

True or False

False. It is called the wings. 

400

The part of the stage that extends past the curtain line towards the audience is called the 'oven mitt'.

True or False

False. It is called the Apron.

500

What are 'box seats'?

Seats that are up and to the side of the theatre where VIPs sit.