Theatre Experience
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Theatre 101
Spooky Season
100

This person is in charge of the overall look of the play and telling the actors where to go on stage. 

Who is the director?

100

This area of the stage is moving closer to the audience.

What is downstage?

100

A commercial featuring Dwayne the Rock Johnson might be using this persuasive technique.

What is celebrity spokesperson?

100

A place an actor performs.

What is a stage?

100

This orange vegetable is famously carved into a spooky decoration for Halloween.

What is a pumpkin?

200

The word for the set of predetermined movements given to actors on stage. 

What is blocking?

200

This stage direction means moving away from the audience.

What is upstage?

200

A commercial featuring a dog that is in need of a loving home may use this persuasive technique.

What is emotional appeal?

200

This is the person who writes the words and dialogue for a play.

Who is the playwright?

200

These two colors are most commonly associated with Halloween.

What are orange and black?

300

A director does this when they give actors suggestions to improve a scene.

What is giving notes or feedback?

300

Symbol used to show center stage.

What is a circle with a dot inside. 

300

The way a commercial, tv show, or film can be planned out by drawing pictures of each shot the camera will see.

What is a storyboard?

300

Our five audience behaviors.

What is Be on Time, Watch, Listen, Remain Seated, Applaud

300

This classic Halloween character is said to transform into a bat or mist of smoke.

Who is Dracula?

400

A director wants a scene to feel scary. Name two choices they could make to help create that mood.

What are lighting, sound, actor movement, facial expressions, or pacing?

400
Not every stage has this area. It usually comes out in front of the curtain and can raise or lower for the orchestra.

What is the apron?

400

When someone comes up with an idea and has to present it to a group to buy into. 

What is a pitch?

400

Making your voice loud and clear.

What is projecting?

400

This theatre term describes the sudden interruption of silence with a loud sound or action designed to frighten an audience.

What is a jump scare?

500

Back in the day, these types of stages used to be outdoors so they were slanted. 

What are raked stages?

500

Type of stage that we typically think of in theatre. Has a frame around it and the audience can only view it from one side. 

What is a proscenium?

500

This persuasive technique tells you that you should get something because everyone else is. 

What is bandwagon?

500

A place in New York City where professional theatre is performed.

What is Broadway?

500

This popular Halloween candy was originally called “Chicken Feed” when it was first introduced.

What is candy corn?