Parts of the Theatre
A theatre with audience members on 3 sides
What is a Thrust Theatre?
Who is Dionysus?
A pompous and know-it-all Commedia character who often spoke in fake Latin
The loudness or softness of the voice
What is Volume?
A repeated song in a musical
What is a Reprise?
The spaces offstage used for storage and where the actors wait before going on the stage
What are the wings?
Who is Thespis?
A travelling show that told Bible stories
What is a Pageant Wagon?
The speed of the voice
What is the Rate?
This type of musical is made up of pre-existing songs
What is a Jukebox Musical?
The place in the lobby where you go to pick up tickets you purchased online or over the phone
What is Will Call?
The hut behind the performance area where the actors changed costumes
What is the Skene?
The only character/trait that followed Everyman to death
What are Good Deeds?
A stage picture
What is a tableau?
This type of musical is based on a novel, play, or short story
What is a Book Musical?
The name of the place where the lobby and box office are located
What are tragedies?
Medieval plays about the last week of Christ's life
What are Passion Plays?
The element of your voice that changes when you tell a story you are very excited about and you rush through it
What is the Rate?
What is the Little Orphan Annie comic strip?
The direction a director would tell an actor to cross if they wanted them farther away from the audience (in a Proscenium)
What is upstage?
This word translates to "half man - half goat"
What is Satyr?
The three main things Commedia stories centered around
What are love, money, and food?
This is achieved when the performer maintains the size, mass, shape, and fluidity of a pantomimed item
What is Object Permanence?
2 of the main elements of a story that a song may be advancing
What are the plot and the characters?