Etiquette
What are Ushers?
The first people to participate in drama.
The Commedia character that wore colorful patches and performed acrobatic tricks.
Who is the Harlequin?
Acting without preparation or rehearsal.
What is Improvisation?
The offstage places used for storage and where cast members wait to enter.
What are the Wings?
Always turn this off before a show to respect the actors and other audience members.
What is a Cell Phone?
The Greek god of theatre and wine.
Who is Dionysus?
The moving platforms that Medieval Bible stories were performed on.
What are Pageant Wagons?
The character's main goal or motivation.
What is an Objective?
The board where notices are posted for the actors and crew.
What is a Call Board?
The part of the show where the actors and crew take a brief break. This is the best time for audience members to move or use the restroom.
What is Intermission?
The main purpose of Roman Theatre.
What is Entertainment?
The type of play that teaches right from wrong (Everyman is an example).
What is a Morality Play?
Acting without props.
What is pantomime?
The type of stage with audience members on all sides.
What is an Arena Theater or Theatre In the Round?
The part of the show when the actors bow and the audience applauds their work.
What is a Curtain Call?
The first actor.
Who is Thespis?
The three things Commedia stories centered around.
What is love, money, and food?
What are tactics?
The room backstage that serves as a holding room for the actors.
What is the Green Room?
This is how a theater signals to the audience that the show is about to start.
The hut where the actors changed costumes.
What is a Skene?
The Commedia character who carried a big sword and thought he was God's gift to women.
Who is the Captain?
The movements and actions given to an actor by the director.
The type of stage with audience members on one side (the AK stage).
What is a Proscenium Stage?