Theatre
Who is the 7th and 8th grade theatre teacher?
Ms. Bria
The character involved in the scene.
The Who
Name the 3 performance venues we learned in class.
Proscenium, Arena, and Black Box Theatre.
People who portray the characters.
The actors.
What is the definition of Improv?
A form of live theatre in which the plot, characters, and dialogue, of a game, scene or story are made up in the moment.
What is the name of the musical that Libertas wanted the school to do?
Princess in the frog.
The what
This performance venue has a space for an orchestra to play during the show.
A proscenium?
Instructions that tell the actors what to do on stage.
Stage Directions
What is a theme?
This is an item/object used to elevate the scene
What is a prop?
The time frame/time period in which the scene takes place.
The when
This type of theatre space has audience on ALL sides of the stage.
What is an arena?
The time and place in which the story takes place.
The setting
This is the only American invented theatre genre.
What is the musical?
What are the 3 elements of storytelling.
Beginning, middle, and end.
Understanding the characters motivations adds depths to the scene making it more relatable and interesting.
The why
What is this an example of?
The Pico Playhouse
A black box theatre.
A conversation between two or more people
dialogue
Every permanent theatre space is one of these, but not every one of these houses theatre.
What is a venue?
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.
Ech element contributes to the creation of a rich and engaging improvisational story.
Who,what, when, where, and why
This venue has limited seating in the space.
Black box theatre
Not a character in the story but often reads the stage directions in the play.
What is a narrator?
This sub-genre of Comedy is "a kind of modern comedy of manners, spoofs society but takes on significant social and/or political issues.
What is satire?