Building an Ensemble
A group of people working together towards a common goal.
What is Ensemble?
Silent acting through use of prescribed movements and gestures.
What is Mime?
Throwing your voice to the farthest person in the audience
What is Projection?
What is no?
List all 4 shows Hubbard Theatre has done this year.
What is High School Musical Jr., The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Girl in the White Pinafore, & How to Host a Murder Mystery Dinner Party?
Presenting a play or other types of entertainment.
What is Performance?
Acting without words to tell a story.
What is Pantomime?
Changes in rate, pitch, volume and intensity that helps listeners stay interested in a performance.
What is Vocal Variety?
In theatre it is always best practice to say __________ and then continue the scene.
What is Yes And?
Costume designers choose colors, fabrics, and styles to help show this about a character, such as whether they are rich, poor, or from a certain time period.
What is the character’s personality or status?
A raised floor or platform in a theatre where actors perform?
What is Stage?
The ability to form mental images or concepts that are not actually present in reality.
What is Imagination?
Difficult to pronounce phrases or sentences used as articulation exercises.
What is Tongue Twisters?
In improv, actors use this skill when they react naturally and truthfully in the moment instead of planning what they will say next.
What is listening?
the basic makeup all actions wear on stage.
What is Basic Corrective?
Performing for an audience while pretending to be another person.
What is Actor?
If an actor is pretending to open a heavy door using pantomime, this acting skill helps the audience believe the door has...
What is Weight?
The muscle below the ribs that expands out and down causing air to enter the lungs.
What is Diaphragm?
What does CAD mean? (Remember this is when you get stuck in a scene.
In stage makeup, this technique uses lighter shades on certain areas of the face—like the cheekbones and nose—to make those features stand out more under bright stage lights.
What is highlight?
A director might correct this issue when one actor unintentionally draws focus through exaggerated choices, disrupting the visual and emotional balance that keeps the group performance unified.
What is breaking the ensemble?
In pantomime, actors must keep the size, shape, and placement of invisible objects the same throughout a scene so the audience doesn’t get confused.
What is consistency?
Recite 1 Hen
What is....
Define what Crow means (remember this is to help enhance a scene.
What is Character, Relationship, Objective, & Where?
If a director tells an actor to move to the area closest to the audience and slightly to their right, the actor would move to this specific part of the stage.
What is downstage right?