Assists director during rehearsals, and is responsible for all back-stage activity after the show opens. Calls the show.
100
What is the set designer?
The person in charge of the visual appearance of the stage.
100
What are the four purposes of Drama?
Recreation - for fun
Artistic Expression - expressing thoughts, ideas, and emotions
Passing Down the Tradition - Storytelling
Sharing the Human Experience - Making the audience feel
100
What are the three elements of theatre/drama?
Technical, Performance, Literary
200
What is the difference between plot and theme?
Plot is the storyline
Theme is the moral or message
200
What is the Artistic Director?
Selection of directors, actors and designers. In charge of any artistic decisions.
200
What is the job of an actor?
It's an actor's job to bring out the feeling behind the words and to make an audience believe in a character.
200
If you were to cry during a production of Phantom of the Opera, this would be an example of what dramatic purpose
Sharing the human experience
200
Actors are under what element?
Performance
300
What is the difference between set and setting?
The set is an artificial setting for a scene of a theatrical production where as the setting is the time and place of the action of theatrical production.
300
What is the Technical Director?
Head Techie. Supervises everything that has to do with the set (design, construction) during rehearsals and performances.
300
What is the difference between a monologue and a dialogue?
A monologue is a speech or piece of literature performed by one person where as a dialogue is a conversation between two or more people.
300
When you play house or G.I Joe's with your friends as a kid, this is an example of which purpose?
Recreation
300
What is the purpose of makeup?
To enhance the facial features of the actor
400
Who is in charge of the actor's during rehearsals? Who is in charge of actors after the show opens?
Rehearsals - The Director
After show opens - Stage Manager
400
What is the Managing Director?
Handles the business functions of the producer such as contracts, box office management, fund-raising and ticket sales.
400
Who do the producers hire?
Directors, designers, actors, and crew.
400
The creepy costumes and darker way of performing Alice in Wonderland is an example of which purpose?
Artistic Expression
400
Which element would setting be in?
Literary
500
Draw and label the three stages in theatre.
Arena, Proscenium, & Thrust
500
What are the 3 positions that directly report to the Managing Director?
Box Office, Fund Development, & Production Budget
500
What is the difference between a director and a producer?
A director is in charge of the artistic side of the production and the producer is in charge of the monetary/budget side of the production.
500
Your mother giving you a gift that was given to her from her mother is an example of what purpose?