Word of the Week
Communicating emotion, personality, or more through physicality
What is Body Language?
You can't do this messy activity in the auditorium (or Ms. Boyd's classroom)
What is eating?
The part of the auditorium where the audience sits
What is the House?
This musical is remake of a classic Tim Burton movie, featuring two ghosts, a goth teenager, and a green-haired demon.
What is Beetlejuice?
This green witch is the main character of Broadway's Wicked. She's Defying Gravity!
Who is Elphaba Thropp?
Planned or directed movement
What is Blocking?
Looking at a script, these are suggestions that you CAN change
What are stage directions?
This part of the stage is closest to backstage
What is Upstage?
This musical is about a founding father. Specifically, the "Ten-Dollar Founding Father."
What is Hamilton?
This famous composer is the creator behind Hamilton and In The Heights. He also composed music for Encanto and Moana.
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
To practice for a performance
What is rehearse?
Don't pull out your cameras! This is a big no-no during a play performance!
What is recording or photography?
If I am walking towards the audience, I am going in what stage direction?
What is Downstage?
This Disney musical is a retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Instead of people, though, the story is told through various animals in Africa.
What is The Lion King?
This famous playwright is considered one of the faces of theatre! Starting back in England, he is the writer of plays such as Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet.
Who is Shakespeare?
A group or team working towards a common goal
What is ensemble?
A rule of pantomime. If you place a door in one spot, it has to stay there
What is "Be Consistent?"
The part of the auditorium where the sound and light operators sit
What is the Booth?
Children can be so revolting! This musical follows the story of a young girl with mind powers as she survives her new school.
What is Matilda?
This famous Broadway actor is known for a raspy, rock-style voice. He's played roles such as Beetlejuice, Dewey Finn, and was voice actor in an animated series involving a hotel.
Who is Alex Brightman?
Don't mess up the spelling. This is an artform, NOT a location.
What is theatre?
A rule of pantomime. If the car is old, you need to add the details of an old car.
What is "Be Specific?"
Backstage on the sides (right behind the curtains)
What are the Wings?
This musical follows the story of this "Dancing Queen" trying to find out who her father is. It features only songs by ABBA.
What is Mamma Mia?
In Six the musical, the story focuses on six women who were all the ex-wives of this historical king.
Who is Henry VIII?