Shakespeare & Plays
Author Famous for writing King Lear
William Shakespeare
What is the term for the text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions?
Script
In Little Shop of Horrors, Audrey II, eats and asks for this in order to grow
Blood
Name the 5 different crews in One-Act
CHaMU (Costumes, Hair and Make up), Sound, Lights, Scenic, Props
You say “Thank you 5” when you are given a break by this person
Coach Micheal / The Director
Often Bad luck to say this name in a theater setting, “M Word”
Macbeth
What is the theatrical term for the process by which a director determines where actors move on stage during each scene?
Blocking
Musical is set during the French Revolution and features the song “Do You Hear the People Sing?”
Les Misérables
The amount of time One Act teams are given to set up their set at competitions
15 mins
The reason people shouldn’t whistle in a Theater
Sailors used whistles to communicate backstage / Something could fall
Which Shakespeare play is the musical West Side Story based on?
Romeo and Juliet
What is the term for a play performed without spoken dialogue?
Mime
This Musical features the songs “Memory” and “Mr. Mistoffelees”
Cats, the best musical
A small, movable platform used to create different levels on stage
Riser on a Platform
The amount of Lines we have in our automatic fly system
25
How do you pronounce the name of our playwright?
Summer Lucasiewicz “Luke-un-sav-itch”
A light left on the stage of a theater after shows to please the theater ghosts
Ghost Light
In the Tony award winning show, “Avenue Q”, the main character is fresh out of college with a BA in this subject
English
The kind of stage we have at Kearney High
Proscenium
“If it’s not your prop, _____________”
don’t touch it
The genre of play that the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is centered around.
Comedy
What is the term for the opening night of a play?
Premiere
In the show, “Legally Blonde, The Musical”, Brusier loves this show.
Glee
Considered a "go-bo" in theatre lighting
A thin metal or glass stencil placed inside a lighting fixture to project patterns, textures, or images onto the stage
Where the audience sits
The House