This word means to act without a script.
What is improvisation?
What is the exposition?
What is always say yes and never say no?
When working in an Ensemble you want to develop a relationship of trust and respect. You can relate this to team sports.
What is Ensemble Ethic?
One of the 6 elements of Drama that was written by Greek Philosopher Aristotle.
What is Plot, Spectacle, Character, Dialogue, theme, Music/Rhythm?
this vocabulary word means a group of actors.
What is Ensemble?
What is Rising Action?
Improvisation requires a lot of this ability to be Creative
What is Imagination?
This is the most important thing the actor needs to memorize in order to perform.
What is their lines?
The Greek Author that wrote the Play Oedipus Rex.
Who is Sophocles?
A performance performed through music and Gestures
What is Pantomime
Scene: When Walter finds out that Willie Harris ran off with the rest of the families money. This is what part of A Raisin in the Sun
What is the climax?
This technique of improvisation is also referenced in an elementary class where kids bring in objects to show and talk about the object they bring in. But the technique is reversed.
What is Show rather than Tell?
Actor receives the direction to move from down stage right to upstage left. What move is this called?
What is a Cross?
The Greek philosopher who created the 6 elements of Drama.
Who is Aristotle?
When you take away the focus from another actor.
What is Upstaging?
Also called the Denounement in the plot Structure Diagram. Is the scene where The younger Family decides to stay in the house that Mama bought.
What is the Resolution?
The improvisation technique that requires you to take the bigger risk.
What is Take Chances?
When you have two actors who cross each other at the same time on stage.
What is a Counter Cross?
The play where the son was destined to kill his father and marry his mother.
What is Oedipus Rex?
when a group of actors have to work together in order to perform a show on stage.
What is collaboration?
This part of the plot structure for A Raisin in the Sun, is when the 10,000 check comes in for the Younger Family
What is the Inciting Incident?
Name an Example of a Improvisation Show
What is Wild n Out and Impractical Jokers?
Tongue Twisters, Yawning, la la la la la, are all examples of this.
What is Voice Exercises?
The symbol for theater is the two masks. The represent the opposites to each other.
What is the Tragedy and The Comedy mask?
What is the laughing and sad mask?