Define the Drama
Seats, Stages & Confusion
Wait...MY Left?!
Make the Magic Happen
This Ain’t Your Living Room
100
What language does the word drama come from?

Greek

100

This theatre is smaller than the others and traditionally all one color. 

Black Box

100

This stage direction means the actor moves toward the audience.

Downstage

100

These great people focus on lightening because

It affects the mood

100

During a performance, this personal device should be silenced and put away.

Your cell phone

200

What are two genres of drama?

Tragedy & Comedy

200

A unique aspect of theatre is that the performance is

Live

200

This stage direction means the actor moves away from the audience toward the back of the stage.

Upstage

200

Who transforms the performers from their street selves into their Hamilton characters? 

Costume Designers

200

This is the appropriate audience response at the end of a performance to show appreciation for the performers.

Applause 

300

In Greek, drama comes from this word

Action

300

This theatre has the audience on all sides

In the Round

300

An actor standing in the middle of the performance space is standing here. 



Center

300
Who is the Big Cheese in the Theatre World?

The Director

300

Talking to your friend during a performance should be avoided because it can distract these two groups of people.

the performers and other audience members

400

This word comes from a Greek word meaning “to do” or “to act.”

Drama

400

This theatre has to deal with unforeseen circumstances more than the others. 

Open Air / Amphitheater

400

An actor is standing close to the audience on the actor’s left side of the stage. Give the correct abbreviated stage direction.

DSL 

400

Costumes can be built, pulled, or

Bought

400

In addition to the end of a performance, audiences may appropriately applaud after one of these, especially during a musical.

Song

500

This genre usually involves serious conflict and often ends with the downfall or suffering of the main character.

Tradegy

500

A blank is considered to be the most common type of theatre. 

Proscenium

500

What does CS mean in terms of stage direction?

Center Stage

500

Props are 

Everything except what you wear

500

Actors return to the stage and bow while the audience applauds at the end of a performance. This theatre tradition has a special name.

Curtain Call

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