Basic Definitions
A play, activity, or other presentation considered in term of its dramatic quality.
Theatre
These tell us where to go on the stage. An additional 100 points if you can name all of the directions.
Stage Directions- US, DS, C, SL, SR, USR, USL, DSR, and DSL
Where Shakespeare was born.
Stratford upon Avon, England
List 2 reasons as to why we warm up.
Prevent Injury. Promote Flexibility. Your time to focus. Helps create routine.
This was the Shakespeare play we read in class.
Romeo and Juliet.
An exciting, emotional, and/or sudden turn of events. A genre of theatre.
Drama
A theatre professional who oversees the mounting of a theatre production by unifying various elements.
Director
Shakespeare's Wife.
Anne Hathaway.
Lips, Teeth, Tongue, Cheeks
Articulators
Acting without script, working collaboratively and creatively to create theatre on your feet.
Improv
1) Communicating nonverbally through the face.
2) Communicating nonverbally through the body.
Facial Expressions. Body Language.
2) A long speech performed by one actor.
Dialogue
Monologue
This was Shakespeare's home base, where many of his plays were performed.
The Globe Theatre.
Actors use _______ to throw their voice out to the audience so they can be heard. To achieve this they support from their ______.
Projection. Diaphragm.
Give me the definition for a play, musical, and ballet.
100 points each.
A piece of performance art meant to be performed not just read.
A play with singing and dancing.
A piece of performance art where the story is told through movement, theatrical in nature.
A movement of part of the body to express an idea/emotion or emphasize a point.
Gestures
These are the set of rules that tell us how to behave while viewing a live production. Name 3.
Theatre Etiquette
This is how Shakespeare became a famous writer.
He made a brief trip to London which inspired him to join an acting company there and become their resident playwright.
Using your articulators to speak clearly.
Annunciation.
A map for design
Rendering
Theatre is measured by dramatic quality as art is measured by this.
Tone
Name and define the three teams or components that go into every musical, play, opera, etc.
Actors- people who perform on the stage
Creative Team- Director, Choreographer, Composer, etc.
Technical Theatre- Costumes, Props, Set, Lights, etc.
This is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that Shakespeare wrote in, like a form of poetry.
Iambic Pentameter.
Name one warm up we reviewed.
Vocal, Physical, or Mind.
Bird's eye view of the set of a production. It is drawn in your notes.
Ground Plan.