Syllabus
Theatre Elements
Theater History
Terminology
Stage Areas
100

The first Unit for Theatre I or Theatre II

What is What is Theatre?

Or

What is Lighting/Sound/Costuming

100
Writes plays

Who is the playwright?

100
Actors are referred to as Thespians in honor of this man, who became the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
100
Places is the term you say at the start of this.
What is the show?
100
Upstage Right is more commonly abbreviated as this.
What is USR?
200

The 3 main required materials students need for Theatre class.

What is Binder, journal (notebook), and laptops?

200

This person utilizes certain materials for realistic appearances on stage.

Who is Prop Designer/Prop Master?

200
This character, who murders her children to spite her husband, shares a name with a modern Tyler Perry character.
Who is Medea?
200
A plot is used to show where objects such as lights or costumes are used during a show. It is also the word we use to describe what's happening in this.
What is the story (play)?
200
This refers to the area that is closest onstage area to the audience.
What is downstage?
300

The amount of days you are absent is the amount of days you have to do this assignment.

What is Make-Up Work Policy?

300

This person adds realistic noise and effects for certain scenes within a show.

Who is Sound Designer?

300

This person created a Hip Hop/Rap inspired musical that went global in 2017, and even was able to perform one of the hottest musical numbers until this day at the White House in front of former President Obama, and first lady Michelle.

Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?

300
The designers, actors, and crews all answer to this "directive" individual.
What is the Director?
300
Both offstage sides of a stage are referred to as this. I thought only birds and airplanes had them.
What is Wings?
400

Staying quiet during performance, no talking, no eating, and respecting others.

What is Audience Etiquette?

400

This person decorates partial or entirety of the stage to create realistic experiences.

Who is Set Designer?

400
This musical, which debuted in 1986, is the longest running show in Broadway history, running consecutively for 24 years.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
400
This is what occurs when all the lights onstage are off.
What is a Blackout?
400
This is another name for the area in a theater where the audience is seated. It is also the name of the building you live in.
What is House?
500

R.E.S.P.E.C.T! Safe Mental Health Environment/ All materials present/ Active listening/ Following Directions/ HAVE FUN!

What is Daily Classroom Expectations?

500

This person creates mood and tone on stage.

What is Lighting Designer?

500
This musical, set in 1950's New York, is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and features classic songs like, "I Feel Pretty," "America," and "Maria."
What is West Side Story?
500

The "saying/quote" that is said around thousands of theatres until this day due to the famous and tragic assassination of former President Abraham Lincoln and murderer John Wilkes Booth.

What is "Break-a-Leg?"

500
The end of a show is usually marked by the closing of this, but not always in more modern times.
What is the Curtain?
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