Suzuki
The body part that Tadashi Suzuki was obsessed with
What are the feet?
A comic gesture or bit that helps the audience identify you as a character
What is a lazzi?
This Method Actor recently won an Academy Award for Best Actor
Who is Joaquin Phoenix?
This is what GOTE means
What is Goal, Obstacle, Tactic, Execution?
The name of the play that we as a class scored a monologue from
What is A Streetcar Named Desire?
The country where Suzuki was born
What is Japan?
Like the Greeks, commedia dell'Arte performers wore this costume piece
What are masks?
Stanislavski and his company, the Moscow Art Theatre, took the American theatre world by storm when they performed in this American city
What is New York City?
A project or errand that a character does onstage
What is an activity?
The name of the character that Mr. Pantoja read a monologue from in class
Who is Mercutio?
The type of energy Suzuki believed humans could tap into
What is animal energy?
An intellectual windbag, bad father/master, and did NOT get his doctorate decree ;)
What is il dottore?
The term that refers to an actor asking themselves "what if?"
What is "the Magic If"?
The physical pursuance of a specific goal
What is an action?
Acting is not acting, acting is _________
What is reacting?
Classical type of theatre in Japan known for its costumes and dancing
What is kabuki theatre?
Isabella (or ingenue), the desirable female lover, can be observed as this character in Shakespeare's most famous love story
Who is Juliet?
Stanislavski's main concept was that the actor who uses imagination as well as ___________ to recall experiences will be able to substitute them for those of the character
What is sense memory?
Everything from the style of clothing to the relationships between characters
What is given circumstances?
This person said "Live truthfully in imaginary circumstances"
Stanislavski
The two states that Suzuki wants the actor to feel the contrast of
Complete stillness and complete movement
Name of the SNL sketch that Chris Farley performed in, which also was his lazzi (the phrase he repeatedly says)
What is "Living in a Van down by the river!"?
What is a beat?
For Strasberg, rehearsals require improvising text, specifically using this verbal method
What is gibberish?
What is volleyball?