People
Story Elements
How To
Behind the Curtain
Misc.
100

People who portray characters in dramatic works.

What are actors?

100

The study of live drama performed on a stage.

What is Theatre?

100

Free space

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100

The physical space on which theatrical works are performed.

What is a stage?

100

The reason the girls started laughing at Ponyboy in Biology. 

What is accidentally dissecting a frog with a switchblade?

200

Any person, animal, or personified object in a story.

What is a character?

200

A literary work acted out on a stage before an audience.

What is a play?

200

Spontaneous acting usually based on some established criteria. (usually without a script)

What is Improv?

200

Objects that are typically held or carried by actors to make the action on stage seem more realistic.

What are props?

200

Finish the following lyric "Last Christmas, I gave you my heart..."

What is "and the very next day, you gave it away."?

300

Ponyboy's 16-year-old brother.

Who is sodapop?

300

The action or sequence of events in a story.

What is the plot?

300

Speaking loudly… so the people in the back can hear us.

What is Projection?

300

The clothing that actors wear as they are embodying their characters during theatrical performances.

What is a costume?

300

The origin story of terms like upstage and downstage. 

Raked stages: Stages used to be slanted downward, hence the name!

400

The name of the play we started reading this week.

What is the Outsiders?

400
A play with a sad ending.

What is a tragedy?

400

A set of rules that govern speech, specifically how speech can effectively translate to large audiences for maximum impact.

What is diction?

400

The constructed physical surroundings that inhabit the world of the play.

What is a set?

400

The stage direction that means "closer to the audience."

What is downstage?

500

The lead creative coach and decision-maker in a theatre ensemble.

Who is the director?

500

The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.


What is etiquette?

500

The planned movements actors make when on stage.

What is Blocking?

500

The element of theatre that consists of the visual components of a theatrical work, such as lighting, costume, and set.

What is spectacle?

500

Romeo's cousin.

Who is Benvolio?

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