Areas of the Stage
Where the audience sits.
What is the House?
Pantomime definition.
What is acting using your body and facial expressions but without your voice?
Definition of Improv (Improvisation).
Acting without a script in a usually unrehearsed manner.
Movement given to the actors by the director.
What is blocking?
The genres of musical theatre?
1. Golden Age
2. Rock Musical
3. Contemporary
4. Operetta
5. Juke Box
What is right of center?
Definition for be clear.
What is using exaggerated facial expressions and gestures?
Difference between long and short form improv.
What is scenes and games?
A stage picture that tells a story.
What is a tableau?
T/F Blocking can be considered choreography
True
The area of the stage where the BLACK star is located.
What is down left of center?
Definition for be precise.
What is completing every step?
What is:
1. Yes, And
2. Don't go for the joke
3. tell the story
4. commit
Translate this blocking notation into English: En USR X --> h
Enter stage right, cross to chair
The Tony awards are named after this woman.
Who is Antoinette Perry?
The name for the area the blue star is located.
What is back stage/off stage
Demonstrate a pantomime of making a sandwich.
What is?
Lighting round! Fortunately, Unfortunately! GO! If you hesitate you're out!
Last person standing wins the points!
Translate this English into blocking notation on the white board.
Enter down stage left. cross to the table. Sit down. Stand up. Cross to door. Exit stage left.
yay!
Types of Musical Theatre songs (we learned 6, name 3) (For extra points, name a musical theatre song to go with each song type).
Opening Number
I want song
I am song
New song
Eleven o'clock number
Finale
The reason upstage and downstage have their names.
What is a raked stage?
Demonstrate a pantomime for starting a car.
What?
CLASS WIDE: You all work in a shoe factory and the flinglehoop is broken.
Yay. Free points.
Give your neighbor stage directions for them to complete.
woo!
Name one musical we have talked about this semester and give me a summary.
Various answers allowed.