Elements of Theatre
Vocab
Wild Card
Stage Directions
Mrs Jerome
100

The arrangement of events that make up a story

What is Plot

100

The space actors use to perform a show

What is a stage


100

The element of theatre that lets you know Jaws is about to appear

What is Melody

100

The actors left side

What is Stage left

100
Her favorite soda

What is Dr. Pepper

200

This element is the use of literal music or the rhythm of speech to heighten the narrative and stir emotions. 

What is Melody


200

a group of performers working together to convey a story

What is Ensemble

200

Tableau Vivant

What is a living picture

200

The audiences left side 

What is Stage Right


200

Her favorite kind of candy

What is Chocolate?

300
The visual aspects of a production including props, costumes, sets and lighting

What is Spectacle

300

The planning and positioning of actors' movements on stage

What is Blocking

300

Proscenium, theatre in the round, thrust and ___ what are the 4 main types of stages

What is flexible

300

Stage directions are always from this point of view

What is the actors

300

Her voice part in choir

What is Soprano

400

The way Yoda from star wars talks 

What is Diction

400

The definition of "theatre"

What is the art of telling stories through acting

400

This Greek Philosopher developed the 6 elements of theatre

Who is Aristotle

400
The part of the stage closest to the audience

What is Downstage

400

She played this role in a musical about a Russian princess who loses her memory

Who is Anastasia

500

This element is would best fit our example "After a long adventure, the ring is finally destroyed and Frodo returns home to the Shire"

What is Plot 

500

A technique where performers tell a story using only actions

What is Pantomime

500

These are the three rules of blocking

What is 

always be open

never stand in a straight line

and create height and depth

500

The back of the stage is higher than the front, creating a slope

What is Raked
500

Mrs Jerome got married in this month

What is November

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