Ancient Japanese Theatre that uses puppets to tell the story.
What is Bunraku?
100
Seeks to present a truthful, objective reflection of life as we know it.
What is Realism?
100
The lighting variable of color is controlled through the use of these.
What are gels or filters?
100
A contemporary, realistic drama depicting the plight of an African-American family in the 1950's.
What is Fences?
100
A genre whose title literally means "play with music."
What is Melodrama?
200
A type of Japanese theatre that utilizes masks and long moments of stillness.
What is Noh Theatre?
200
A label given to all early to mid-20th century movements that rebelled against the limiting artistic vision of realism.
What is Anti-Realism?
200
A loosely woven fabric drop that becomes transparent when lit from behind.
What is a Scrim?
200
Features a small chorus of actors playing several different roles each.
What is How I Learned to Drive?
200
Analysis and research specialist who contributes to production by supplying information to the cast, crew, and audience regarding the text and its social and historical context.
Who is the Dramaturg?
300
An Indian type of theatre performance that heavily emphasizes dance.
What is Kathakali Theatre?
300
A major early 19th century movement that emphasized sentimentality, swashbuckling action, large casts and multiple settings.
What is Romanticism?
300
The four variables manipulated by lighting designers when creating their effects.
What are intensity, distribution, color, and movement?
One of several anti-realistic forms at the beginning of the 20th century that seeks to show the action of the play through the eyes of the protagonist.
What is a Expressionism?
400
Originally featuring performances by female prostitutes, this type of popular Asian theatre now has all-male casts.
What is Kabuki?
400
Post-modern structure that replaces logical chronology with a fragmented reality and fluid sense of time.
What is Deconstructionism?
400
A type of lighting instrument that produces a soft-edged pool of light, usually used to blend acting areas together.
What is a Fresnel?
400
Reflects the postmodern fragmented or random structure and fluid sense of time.
What is How I Learned To Drive?
400
Type of make-up design that alters the actor's appearance in some way.
What is Character Make-Up Design?
500
Features face painting, martial arts, acrobatics, and artificial falsetto voices.
What is Chinese Opera?
500
Samuel Beckett's famous play, Waiting for Godot is an example of this.
What is Absurdism?
500
A lighting instrument that casts a sharply defined pool of light usually used to create strong points of emphasis on stage.
What is an Ellipsoidal Spotlight or Leko?
500
Usually performed on a box set.
What is A Doll's House?
500
Early 20th century anti-realist movement that sought to express the subconscious reality revealed in our dreams.