Theater History
Place where ancient theater was performed on a side of a hill out in the open air.
What is Greece.
The area in front of the curtain... what you wear to cook or bake something.
What is the apron?
In a script, these tell the actors what to do.
What are stage directions?
Someone on stage... reciting lines... in costume... is called---
An actor/ actress
A college in the city of Edinburg. It's called----
A man who who wrote many plays, sonnets, stories in England including Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare.
You don't just eat this with pizza... the area between the curtains backstage.
What are the wings?
In a script, this tells the actors what to say.
What is dialogue or lines in a script?
They manage the stage and everything backstage.
What is a stage manager?
Neapolitan ice cream has 3 flavors- these are the 3 flavors-
What is chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
An early form of improvised professional theatre where there are stock characters: Harlequin, Capitano, 2 young lovers, etc
What is Commedia dell'arte.
The stage used to be ________ so that everyone in the audience could see!
What is slanted or raked (lower downstage, higher upstage)
Cheat out means to---
What is open up or face the audience when on stage?
The bad guy in a drama, play, movie, scene.
What is the villain or antagonist?
The name of our main principal.
Who is Mr. Gonzalez?
The genre of the masks... 2 of them
What is comedy and tragedy.
When you get closer to the audience you are going ___________________
What is downstage
A one person/actor speech during a play or a scene
What is a monologue?
They design the set!
They feed us this on Fridays in the cafeteria, usually.
What is pizza?
A musical... any musical! Just say the name of one!
Various answers
When you are further from the audience you are going ________________
What is upstage
A type of theater where people stand behind a curtain and make voices for these tiny characters that can be worn on the hand or controlled by rods or sticks.
What is puppet theater?
The main person in a play. The one with all the lines probably.
What is the protagonist?
The name of the street on Mrs. Muniz's poster next to her desk.... you know, the one with Wicked on it.
What is Broadway?