Theatre Vocab/Body Positions
The body position I am in if I am facing upstage
What is full back?
What the main characters speak and say
What is Dialogue
This stage type has audience on 3 sides
What is a thrust stage
This area is the part of the stage furthest from the audience
What is upstage ?
Ms Lincoln's favorite musical
What is Hadestown?
If Ms Lincoln asks me to "cheat out" during a scene. She is probably asking me to go in what type of body position?
What is a quarter turn?
Planned movements actors do on stage
What is blocking?
This stage type has an audience on ALL sides
What is an arena ?
Directions on stage are determined by WHO?
Who is the Actor ?
What are the names of Ms Lincoln's two cats
Ivy Soup and Zula
You finish a dance number facing your partner with half of your body visible to the audience. This is the position you have most likely ended in.
What is profile/half turn
What is adlibbing
The name of the type of stage that was angled or tilted in the 1500's
What is a raked stage?
This area is the stage area is closest to the audience that does NOT extend past the curtain line.
What is downstage ?
Ms Lincoln's Favorite soda that is only available in Texas and Oklahoma
What is Big Red?
The four different sections of theatrical design
What is Lighting, Sound, Costumes, and Scenery ?
The element of story writing/playwrighting that is ESSENTIAL for any story or character. It is boring without this.
What is conflict?
This type of stage has an audience on ONE side and an arch.
What is a proscenium stage?
The area on stage that extends past the curtain line
What is the apron?
Team Question! Name a Shakespeare Play that is NOT Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet
Henry V, Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Nights Dream, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Tempest, Othello, King Lear, As You Like it....ect
In which country did drama originate?
What is Greece
the process by which playwrights write and actors bring fictional roles to life using internal motivations, physical movement, and speech
What is Characterization
You have not learned this. The area of the stage ABOVE the stage that actors and tech may use to get to other areas of the stage or drop down items. This term also refers to the name of a stage a model may walk down.
What is a catwalk ?
The area off to the sides of the stage are referred to as what?
What are Wings?
Ms Lincoln's favorite coaster at Kings Dominion?
What is Twisted Timbers?