The People of the Theatre
The person in charge of the entire production who oversees the entire process?
Who is the director?
This is Mrs. B's biggest pet peeve on the stage
What is standing in a straight line and/or turning your back to the audience.
This is the biggest rule that means agreeing and continuing the conversation.
What is Yes, and?
You forget your line on stage. What should you do?
What is improvise?
This is part of where the character was born, who is their family, what's their social status, etc.
What is backstory?
This person creates and teaches the dances for the production
Who is the choreographer?
How high or low you stand. This is good!
What are levels?
Your partner is always...
What is right?
This guy thought acting was unrealistic and wanted to create a more believable and truthful method of acting.
Who is Konstantin Stanislavski?
What a character wants RIGHT NOW!
What is objective?
This person designs the sets
Who is the set designer?
The person who is speaking should cross behind the other person they are talking to. True or False?
What is false? They should cross in front of the other person.
True or False: You have to be funny in order to be good at improv.
These two foundational elements were a huge part of Stanislavski's system that helped combat stage fright, and look comfortable and relaxed on stage
What is relaxation and concentration?
A character's overall long-term goal.
What is SUPER objective?
This person creates the plan for how the lights and sound are going to be used in the production
Who is the technical designer?
This type of stage is the most difficult to perform on because you have to move around in a circle in order to be seen.
What is an arena stage?
Your scene partner says there is an elephant chasing you. What should you do?
What is RUN!
Laughing at an inappropriate time, changing your accent, whispering "what's my line?", waving to the audience are all examples of...
What is breaking character?
True or False. Your character is British, but you cannot do a British accent for your life. Do the accent anyway.
False. Don't bother with the accent if you cannot keep it. Dropping the accent breaks character.
This person acts as a right hand man to the director, makes sure everything is running smoothly and everything is on time.
Who is the stage manager?
When you move backwards while talking to someone so that they have to turn their back to the audience. This is a DON'T
What is upstaging?
This group originated in Italy during the renaissance and brought improvised scenes to the streets.
What is Comeddia Del'Arte?
This is the Who, What, Where, When and Why of the play.
What are Given Circumstances?
The "how". This is how the character gets what they want.
What are tactics?