What's in a Playscript?
The very first step of writing a play, used to generate ideas.
What is brainstorming?
A form of theatre that tells a story through song and dance rather than only spoken dialogue.
What is musical theatre?
The name for a group of artists working together
What is an ensemble?
The protagonist of the performance who writes love letters to his secret penpal.
Who is Georg Nowack?
a category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
What is genre?
These describe the physical actions: entrances, exits, major movements or fights, and technical elements that change
What are stage directions?
This phrase is used to refer to a performer who excels at ALL THREE musical theater skills: acting, singing, and dancing.
What is "triple threat"?
Devised theatre often uses _________ to emphasize the performers’ bodies, as they work together to create images.
What is movement?
The two characters who work in the parfumerie who sing a song about their romantic interests in one another while putting up Christmas decorations.
Who are Steven Kodaly and Ilona Ritter?
Derived from Athenian Drama, the hero is a person of stature, actions are dictated by fate, and uses elevated language.
What is traditional tragedy?
When formatting, these should be CAPITALIZED every time they're used.
What are Character names?
the script for a musical that includes dialogue and lyrics, but not the score
What is a libretto?
________ comes first, then form follows.
What are ideas/ themes?
The Setting of She Loves Me
What is 1934, Budapest, Maraczek's parfumerie?
Questions what culture should be by examining humanity and society, has a strong comic premise in which accepted notions are turned upside-down, and often ends with a wedding, celebration, or coming-together.
What is comedy?
A playwright is _______ ________ when they limit their ideas according the conventions of theatre, so that everything can happen in real-time in front of spectators and be easily created by the production's designers.
What is thinking theatrically?
the sheet music for a musical theatre performance (vocal and instrumental)
What is the score?
The type of theme/issue that is often at the core of devised theatre.
What is a pressing social issue?
The character who wrote the anonymous letter informing Mr. Maraczek of his wife's affair.
Who is Ladislav Sipos?
Derived from “Tragedy and the Common Man,” the hero is a common man or woman who has the chance to come out on top right up until the end, fate has dictated nothing, and common vernacular is used.
What is Modern Tragedy?
The two fonts that are acceptable for standard play formatting.
What are Times New Roman and Courier?
The instrumental introductory song played by the orchestra at the start of a performance
What is the overture?
A frozen picture that embodies or captures the essence of each major action of the story.
What is a tableaux?
The snack that Georg brings Amalia after she stays home sick from work, which opens her eyes to his kindness and leads to their eventual falling in love.
What is vanilla ice cream?
a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero
What is hamartia?