Plot
Name the couple from Night Vision
Ayanna and Ezra
Define color-conscious casting
Color-conscious casting is a practice in theatre and film where casting decisions intentionally consider the race and ethnicity of actors to address historical inequities, increase representation, or make purposeful artistic statements related to identity and diversity.
True or False: Elinor Fuchs asks you to consider how much tickets cost when visiting the small planet of a play.
False
What is the fourth wall?
A theatrical convention that there is an invisible, imaginary “wall” that separates actors from an audience.
What does "theatron" mean
The Seeing Place
This 20th-century play, an example of expressionism, portrays a young woman trapped by societal expectations, leading to her downfall.
Machinal
Name 4 of the 7 Production Elements in Baraba Clayton's Lecture.
Scenery, Acting, Spatial Relationships, Costumes, Sound, Lighting, Audience
Define Naturalism
Similar to realism. Itf often rejects traditional climatic plot structure and shows many everyday events instead. Focuses on hyper-realistic behavior AND how external forces shape that behavior
This term refers to the given situation of a play—the who, what, where, when, and why that define the world of the characters.
The Given Circumstances
A stage that rises in elevation from the front (downstage) to the back (upstage)
What is it?
Raked Stage
This man is the King of Thebes at the end of Oedipus the King
Kreon
Name the five tips Jen has given you when it comes to How to Read a Play.
Title, Character Descriptions/Breakdown, Setting, Playwright, Opening and Closing Moments
Name the performance style that is performer-focused and makes the audience passive observers.
Representational
Define Catharsis
Catharsis is the emotional release or purification experienced by audiences, typically involving feelings of pity and fear, after witnessing dramatic events in tragedy or other intense performances.
What is the UW-Madison's Dance Nation's staging configuration?
Thrust
Name the character - "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune - to lose both seems like carelessness."
Lady Bracknell from The Importance of Being Earnest
What is required for theatre to exist?
- Something to say
- Someone to say it
- Someone to say it to.
OR: ACTOR+IDEA+AUDIENCE
TIME
Imitates a specific work, person, or situation for comedic effect, often exaggerating certain characteristics.
Parody or Satire?
Parody
What is an epigram?
Epigrams invert traditional platitudes through clever turns of phrase.
Ex: “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.”
Name one of the two plays that we have covered that has an episodic plot structure.
Dance Nation
Machinal
This character’s perfect dance solo and leadership role make her the star of the team—and the object of jealousy for others.
Amina
Name Aristotle's Six Elements of Drama
Plot, Character, Thought, Language, Music, Spectacle
Define Expressionism
- not focused on objective, physical reality, but rather subjective, emotional experiences
- reality is distorted in order to make it expressive of inner life
-focuses on an individual’s internal thoughts, feelings, and subconscious
What is a soliloquy?
A soliloquy is a long speech, often serious, made by a character in a play while alone on stage, revealing their innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience.
Unlike a regular monologue that might be addressed to other characters, a soliloquy is a private discourse to oneself, used in drama to give the audience direct insight into a character's state of mind, intentions, or inner turmoil.
Who wrote Night Vision?
Dominique Morisseau