Intro Theatre
A performance that uses movement and expressions to tell a story without words
Pantomime
The unspoken meaning or underlying motivations that inform a character's dialogue and actions
Subtext
Where does the modern term "Thespian," meaning someone who is involved with theatre/drama, come from?
Thespis the first actor in Ancient Greece
What is the most common stage type? (The stage we have here.)
Proscenium Stage
What do you say to an actor to wish them good luck?
"Break a leg"
Stage directions are determined from the perspective of who?
The actor
What type of stage has the audience sitting on 3 sides?
Thrust
What were Ancient Greek actors known for wearing while performing?
Masks
What is a monologue?
A long speech delivered by a single character in a play or a film.
What is the Scottish play that shouldn't be named in a theatre space?
Macbeth
What is the name of the area closest to the audience?
Down stage
Who is in charge of telling the actors where to stand onstage and how to deliver certain lines in a theatre production?
Director
Which Greek god is considered the god of theatre?
Dionysus
What is Stage Fright?
The state of anxiety or fear that occurs when a person is faced with the requirement of performing/speaking in front of an audience
What is a sign of a good opening night?
A bad dress rehearsal
Who do we get our basic understanding of theatre from?
Ancient Greece
What is it called when you amplify your voice onstage to be heard by the audience?
Projection
What are the 3 types of plays that were performed in ancient Greece?
Tragedy, Comedy, Satyr plays
What famous theatre building burned down twice?
The Globe Theatre
A single, exposed, incandescent bulb left on stage when the theater is closed for the evening.
Ghost light
What is an example of Immersive Theatre?
(Open-ended)
True or false: Scenic design is the set, furniture, set dressing, etctc on stage that helps tell the setting of the play to an audience.
True
In a Greek theatre, what is the area called where the audience sits?
The Theatron
What is a form of theatre where the script originates not from a writer or writers, but from collaborative, usually improvisatory, work by a group of people called?
Devised Theatre
Traditionally used to signal stage hands that a scene was changing.
Whistling