Story Structure
This P word means a type of theatre that presents itself to the audience by breaking the fourth wall and includes or addresses the audience.
What is presentational theatre?
This is the very first step in designing anything in the theatre. It's the first step of doing anything for a play.
What is reading the play?
These are the four basic types of stage formations.
What is arena, black box, proscenium, and thrust?
These are the 4 levels of characterization.
social, psychological, moral, physical
These are the three A's you need to make theatre?
Actors, Audience, Artform
This is the p word meaning a summary of the play's events.
What is the story's plot?
This type of arch means that separates the stage from the audience/house.
What is the proscenium arch?
This A word of the stage is the area closest to the audience.
What is the apron?
This P word means acting without talking.
What is pantomime?
This E word means a group of musicians, actors or dancers who perform together.
What is ensemble?
This E word means the beginning of the story where we learn characters and setting.
What is exposition?
This is the backdrop that is see-through when lights shines from the back. It's an S word that was used as the billboards in Little Shop where the Doo Wops appeared.
What is scrim?
This stage configuration has audience on all three sides.
What is a thrust stage?
This D words is the part of the body you use to project.
What is the diaphragm?
This person is in charge of the overall production for a play.
Who is the director?
This t word means the main idea or message of the story.
What is the theme?
This R word means money paid to the playwright and publishing company to perform the play.
What are royalties?
This stage type is surrounded by the audience on all sides.
What is arena/in the round?
This O word means the thing the actor/character wants or is trying to achieve.
What is objective?
This type of theatre represents real life and ignores the audience and does not break the fourth wall.
What is representational theatre?
This R word means the end of the story where everything is resolved.
What is resolution?
This light sends light the farthest. It has 3 different names but is in the shape of an ellipsoid.
What is an ellipsoidal/LEEKO/Source 4?
This W word means the offstage areas to the right and left of the acting area.
What are the wings?
This A words means the things the character does to achieve their objective.
What are actions?
This S word mean everything that is visual or seen without the show.
What is spectacle?