Reception Lounge for actors waiting to go onstage (where they hang out when they have a long time before their next scene)
What is Green Room?
100
What it is called when an actor no longer uses their script
What is off book?
100
The main division of a play or music
What is an act?
100
Final bow at the end of a production
What is a curtain call?
100
The narrator of Our Town
Who is the Stage Manager?
200
When a director provides actors with locations and actions to perform on stage
What is blocking?
200
In Act 1, this is what Emily asks her mother about
What is if she is pretty?
200
Stage with audience on 4 sides
What is an arena stage?
200
The day that Emily relives after she dies
What is her 12th birthday?
200
The seating area for the audience
What is the House?
300
The favor Emily asks of Mr. Webb right before her wedding in Act 2
What is to take her away so she doesn't have to get married?
300
To mark the stage with tape to indicate positions of props, furniture etc.
What is spike?
300
This guy wrote the play Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
300
To dismantle a stage
What is strike?
300
This form of Greek drama focused on family situations, was more realistic and dealt with the complications of everyday life
What is New Comedy?
400
Stage with audience on only one side
What is a proscenium stage?
400
This guy was known for his superb plot construction
Who is Sophocles?
400
One theme of Our Town and at least one event that supports that theme
What is (answers will vary)...?
400
Greek stage device that is triangular and consisted of three painted flats hinged together, each showing a different scene
What is a periaktoi?
500
This Greek guy is considered to be the founder of Greek drama as he was the earliest tragic poet
Who is Aeschylus?
500
This guy used his plays to ridicule those in power who he believed were ruining Athens
Who is Aristophanes?
500
The three reasons why Greek actors wore masks
What is Sound Assistance, Visibility and Characterization, and Lack of Actors
500
This Greek playwright wrote Medea
Who is Euripides?
500
At least 3 purposes of the chorus
What is commented on the action, provided background information, interacted with the other characters, provided spectacle, described offstage action, ideal spectator?