Audience
The term for appropriate behavior when watching a performance
Audience etiquette
Feelings expressed on a person’s face
Facial expressions
Name 1 feature of Ancient Greek theatre
Masks, chorus, 3 actors, comedy & tragedy, etc.
Name 1 stage direction
UR, UC, UL
CR, C, CL
DR, CR, DL
The little booklet you get when you go to the theatre
Playbill
A pause or break in a performance
Intermission
An acting technique that uses no words to tell a story
Pantomime
This playwright wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets
William Shakespeare
Acting area farthest from the audience
Upstage
A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
Fable
Name 3 audience etiquette rules
DON'T: food/drinks, photography, talking
DO: clap, arrive on time, be respectful
A genre of drama in which singing and dancing play an essential role
Musical theatre
Ancient Greek theatre took place
Outdoors
Acting area closest to the audience
Downstage
Actors say this phrase instead of "good luck" before a performance
Break a leg
The section of the theatre where the audience sits
House
A spontaneous style of theatre using unrehearsed and unscripted acting
Improv
London + Stratford-upon-Avon
The area behind the stage in a theater
Backstage
Name 3 musicals
Hamilton, Wicked, Waitress, Lion King, Legally Blonde, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, etc.
The open space between the stage and the audience
The 4th wall
A signal that indicates something (such as a line of dialogue or an entrance) is to happen
Cue
This device was used in Shakespearean theatre to help actors learn their lines and cues
Cue script/scroll
The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage
Blocking
The 1st playbill was printed in this year
1884