Original Characters
Which Character has a very notable catch phrase?
Cazoova!
Which Style of theatre includes the use of masks and heavy use of pantomiming/exaggeration?
Commedia Dell'Arte
What style of 'theatre' was the first thing Canadian performers were known for?
Radio Drama
What is it called to mark a script with intentions?
Scoring a script
What is the nickname for the stage major performances take place on?
the Aud
This character wants to be everyone's friend, but her life is a bit messy. She talks a lot, mostly to her cats.
DeDe
Not to be Dramatic, but this style of theatre can be very over the top!
Melodrama
What is the name of the Drama festival popular in Toronto, on the coast, and around the world that gives new writers a voice for their shows?
the Fringe Festival
Using Italics
Eastwood has often had it's own mini 'Fringe'. What name does this festival typically have?
This character runs an entire Kingdom
King Charles (the Thirdent of Charcuterie Kingdom)
This style of theatre has traditions that date very far back in Japan. Think painted faces and musical accompaniment
Kabuki
Alternative and Experimental theatre were a large part of Canadian theatre identity. Can you name one of the theatre companies who champion this style of theatre?
Cahoots, the Toronto Workshop Productions/TWP, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Tarragon Theatre, L'Égrégore, L'Équipe, Urge, da da kamera, Buddies in Bad Times, Nightwood Theatre, The Other Theatre, Primus Theatre, One Yellow Rabbit, Rumble Productions, Carbone 14...
What is it called to give information about the story/background at the beginning of a scene/play?
Exposition
Can you name 4 Drama teachers at Eastwood (past and present)?
Burns, Cruickshank, Dolishny, Chandler, McCarthy, Amariucai, Lilie-Filiatraut, Coulter, Wood, many more...
Montgomery is a recluse who lives on a mountain. Who is his favourite companion?
his Goats!
*his flute or Group performance characters acceptable alternates
Name the Styles of Theatre that are more interested in studying the real world and problems, rather than over the top drama onstage.
Realism and Naturalism
Name the first dedicated, purpose built Canadian Theatre
New Grand Theatre (in Halifax)
There are 4 main types of Dramatic Conflict that can be found when analyzing and reading plays and stories. Name one.
1. Character against themself
2. Character against other individuals
3. Character against society
4. Character against fate or the universe or natural forces
What is the name of the musical that did not happen (the year that Covid hit)?
The Picnic (if you know Gruber you know of this story)
In creating your Character partner scenes you used a Stanislavsky method that can be explained as knowing your character so you know what that character would do in any situation to react accordingly. What is this called?
Given circumstances
Name the 4 categories of Theatre Styles available to you for the Styles of Theatre performance assignment. For the full 500: 'perform' a gesture, word, or line for each Style.
Commedia Dell'Arte, Radio Drama, Melodrama, Realism.
Can you name a Canadian playwright from the class: meet our playwright slides?
Hannah Moscovitch, Gary Norman Arthur Botting, Baba Brinkman, Rosa Laborde, Robert Lepage, Trey Anthony, Drew Hayden Taylor, Daniel Brooks, Marie Clements, Judith Thompson, Amanda Parris
Name the conventions for script writing in terms of where to put act and scene headings and where to put character names for lines
Act and Scene headings are centered and capitalized.
Character names are centered and Capitalized OR arranged on the left and Capitalized when characters have lines/stage directions.
Eastwood Alumni Aleks Mustakas is the founding artistic director of which theatre company?
Drayton Entertainment
Aleks is also still very involved in many other theatre companies as an actor and a director