Set Design
Briefly explain the job of a set designer
They are responsibile for creating the world where the play or musical takes place.
When do actors cold read?
Auditions and callbacks
Name one tool an actor can use to act a song?
Dynamics
Facial Expressions
Body Language
Movement
What is the name of Shakespeare's wife
Anne Hathaway
This person supervises the activites of all technical departments—from lighting to carpentry—and oversees the use and maintenance of theater equipment
Technical Director
What musical does this set belong to?
Hadestown
What is it called when you speak clearly...
Diction/Enunciation
Name one question an actor should ask themselves about their character before singing a song?
Who am I?
What do I want?
What is in my way?
What two styles of writing does Shakespare use?
Prose & Verse
This person oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production.
Director
This musical is known for having a minimalist set design to make space for the large ensemble of puppets
Cold reading means...
reading/performing material that you have never seen before.
What tool can you use to better understand the lyrics to a song BEFORE singing it?
Speaking/monologuing the lyrics
Name 5 Shakespeare plays
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, As You Like It, A Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Julius Ceasar, etc.
This person is responsible for providing or procuring financial resources for developing a theatre production.
Producer
What musical does this set belong to?
Beetlejuice
Name one important thing an actor should be ready to do when cold reading.
Make bold choices
Take direction
Project
What show and song is this lyric from: "Life is fraughtless when you're thoughtless"
Wicked, "Dancing Through Life"
What famous university did Shakespeare attend?
SIKE he didn't
This person is responsible for the supervision, acquisition and construction of the various decorative and functional props
Props Master
Name one of Mr. Daniel's favorite musicals...
Sunday in the Park With George
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sister Act
Little Shop of Horrors
The Lion King
When you are cold reading where should you hold your script?
Low enough so that your face can been seen but high enough so you do not have to tilt your head down.
To skip through childhood so that they can make their own choices, not be told what to do, and to be respected by others.
What is the name of the rhythm Shakespeare consistently wrote in?
Iambic Pentameter
This person provides the cast and crew with vital knowledge, research, and interpretation about the theatrical work in question.
Dramaturg