Classroom Rules and Expectations
What should you grab first when walking into class?
Your Binder
A fellow student is doing a monologue in front of the class, what should the audience be doing?
Listening and watching actively watching the performance
An actor is standing in the middle of the apron, where are they standing?
Downstage Center
The backstage area to the right and left of the stage
The wings
The invisible, imagined barrier that separates actor from audience
The Fourth Wall
Where will the warm-up be posted?
On the board/ in the slideshow
During a performance what should the cast and crew be doing in the wings?
Prepping for the next scene quietly and unseen
An actor is standing in the back corner of the stage, from the audience's perspective they are on the right side of the stage. Where is the actor standing?
Upstage Left
A stage with a framed opening
Proscenium stage
The instructions or actions written in the script
Stage directions
Someone knocks on the classroom to come in, who should open the door?
Mrs. A
Who is allowed to speak when someone is performing?
The performers ONLY
From the audience's perspective, an actor is standing on the left side of the stage. Where is the actor?
Stage Right
The space where the audience sits
The House
How many parts of the stage are there?
9 sections
During class activities, what are you expected to do?
Participate
What action is never acceptable when reacting to a performance?
Mocking or making fun of
An actor walks from upstage center to downstage left. How many other sections would they walk through to get there the longest way?
3-4 sections
The area from the curtain line to the edge of the stage
The Apron
What is theatre?
Any performance with at least one actor and one audience member
When leaving the class what should you do?
Put binders away and make sure the area around your desk is clean
What should you wear to a professional show or play?
Business casual or "Sunday's best"
The Director asks you to move from Upstage Left to Downstage Right in a straight line. What other quadrant of the stage would you need to pass through to accomplish this task?
Center Stage
Planned movements on stage
Blocking
What is the one thing you are forbidden to say after finishing a scene or monologue?
And Scene!