Props
What first prop invented in early theater?
what is a full size mask!
The part of the stage closest to the audience?
What is a downstage
Clothing worn by actors onstage to help show character, time period, or mood.
Ancient Greek theater began as part of religious festivals honoring this god of wine, fertility, and theater.
Who is Dionysus?
The group of people who attend a live theatrical performance
What is the audience?
What was the most used prop in Greece?
what is the mask
The written text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions?
What is a script
The person responsible for designing what actors wear in a production.
Who is the costume designer?
These choral songs, sung in honor of Dionysus, are considered the earliest form of Greek drama.
What are dithyrambs?
The seating area of a theater where the audience watches the performance.
What is the house?
What was the first biggest prop?
what is the backdrop (made in 5th century BCE)
This theater term refers to movement and positioning of actors onstage, often written in the script.
what is blocking.
what was the first costume ever made of?
animal skins, heads, leaves, and mud
This annual Athenian festival featured dramatic competitions and is where tragedy and comedy fully developed.
What is the City Dionysia?
This invisible boundary separates the performers from the audience in traditional theater.
What is the fourth wall?
This costume term refers to clothing made to look aged, worn, or dirty to match the character’s life or environment.
What is distressing?
A performance where actors rehearse with full costumes, makeup, lights, and props as if it were a real show.
What is a dress rehearsal?
Where was the first costume made?
Ancient Greece
Credited by Aristotle as the first actor, this man stepped out of the chorus to speak as a character.
Who is Thespis?
A theater configuration where the audience surrounds the stage on all sides.
What is theater-in-the-round?
What was the first farming tool turned into a theater prop?
what is a staff that was usually meant for a king or a Shepherd.
This term describes an actor speaking directly to the audience, revealing thoughts not heard by other characters onstage.
What is an aside?
When was the first costume made?
6th century BCE
This circular performance space at the center of a Greek theater was used by the chorus for movement and song.
What is the orchestra?
This term describes deliberate interaction between performers and audience, common in immersive or experimental theater.
What is audience participation?