Technical Theatre
A lighting designer may use one of these tools which goes between the lens and the lamp to project a shape with light
What is a gobo?
This repetition of a song or melody later in the musical is also known as this
What is reprise?
This numerical term refers to the imaginary wall that exists between the actors and the audience
What is the fourth wall?
Through many styles of acting, actors use this, or the movement of a part of the body to express an idea
What is gesture?
A play in which the protagonist fails to achieve their goals called this
What is a tragedy?
A stage manager may notate this type of blocking in the prompt book with the symbols "X US"
What is cross upstage?
Choreographer Agnes Demille was widely lauded for her innovative work on this American musical that was named after the state it takes place in
What is Oklahoma!
Broadway level theaters outside of New York, like the Alley or the Guthrie Theater, are known as these
What are regional theaters?
This refers to the richness or fullness of an actor’s voice
What is resonance?
The Glass Menagerie and Fences are both plays titles that could be considered one of these
What is an extended metaphor?
A thin piece of fabric that covers the space between scenic flats is also known by this term, also shared with a flying Spongebob character
What is a dutchman
This is the term for a musical number that occurs shortly before the end of the show in order to energize the audience
What is an 11 O'Clock Number?
The distinction between a Broadway and Off Broadway house actually has nothing to do with location, and everything to do with this element
What is the amount of seats?
This refers to a change in the actor’s vocal pitch
What is inflection?
This writer created the choreo-poem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide...When the Rainbow is Enuf
Who is Ntozake Shange?
A theater curtain that opens in the middle is also known as this term for someone who journeys all over the globe
What is a traveller?
This composer wrote some of the most complicated and awarded musicals of the last 50 years, including Into the Woods, Company, and Merrily We Roll Along
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Some production choose to hire one of these in order to research the contexts and time periods of the production
What is a dramaturg?
What is the Actors Equity Association (or AEA or Equity)
This playwright wrote ten plays about the black American experience, including his most well known play, Fences, about main character Troy Maxson
Who is August Wilson?
This type of stage has audience on three sides
What is a thrust?
This early American musical was one of the first to feature songs that propelled, rather than distracted, from the dramatic action of the story
What is Show Boat?
This role emerged about 200 years ago, largely as a way to create more artistically unified productions as the technical capabilities continued to evolve
What is the Director?
This refers to the tempo or speed of a song or theatrical production
What is pace?
Background information about a character or plot is referred to as this
What is exposition?