Plays
Design
Vocabulary
Historical Events
Ms. K
100

What was the school play this year?

She Kills Monsters
100

What is the FIRST STEP of every design process?

Read and analyze the script

100

What is blocking?

In theatre, blocking is the precise arrangement of actors to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera.

100

The play The Diary of Anne Frank is inspired by which historical event? 

The Holocaust

100

Who is Ms. K's boyfriend? 

Kevin

200

What was the farcical play we read last semester?

Rumors

200

What is scenic design?

Scenic design is the creation of the physical space in which the action of a performed event takes place.

200

What is slating?

Introducing yourself and what role you are auditioning for

200

The play The Raisin in the Sun is inspired by which historical event?

The Jim Crow Era

200

Where is Ms. K from?

Colorado

300

Who wrote the play Rumors?

Neil Simon

300

What does the word croquis mean?

"Sketch" in French
300

What is articulation? 

the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech.

300

The musical Rent is inspired by which historical event?

The AIDs epidemic

300

What is Ms. K's favorite genre of movie?

Horror

400

We read a play that was based on which Greek characters? (2 specifically)

Orpheus and Eurydice

400

What are scenic draftings?

Scenic draftings are a set of drawings that show the layout of the set and set pieces to scale.

400

What is verbing?

In theatre, "verbing" or "actioning" means an actor assigns an active verb to each phrase or line of dialogue to define their character's underlying goal or intention in that moment

400

The musical Viet Rock is inspired by which historical event?

The Vietnam War

400

Ms. K went to college and studied what? (be specific, the answer is not just "theatre")

Scenic Design

500

Who wrote the play M. Butterfly?

David Henry Hwang

500

Scenic draftings are always drawn _______

In scale

500

What is a rendering? 

In theatrical design, a rendering is a detailed, full-color drawing or digital image that visually represents a designer's concept for scenery, costumes, or lighting

500

The play The Crucible is inspired by which historical event?

The Salem Witch Trials

500

This is Ms. K's ____ year of teaching

2nd

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