It's All Greek to Me
This genre of dramatic performance has a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and encourages laughter.
What is Comedy?
The area of the stage that extends past the proscenium arch and into the audience
This type of stage is surrounded by the audience on 3 sides.
What is a Thrust Stage?
A signal or prompt that indicates when an action should take place on stage
Could be spoken lines, actions, counts, or written commands
a collaborative art where live actors present a real or imagined event to a live audience
Theater
This genre of dramatic performance focuses on human suffering and the terrible events that befall the main character or cast of characters.
What is Tragedy?
Direction or location in which actors are still on stage deck but hidden from the house
Offstage
Proscenium Stage
A group of listeners or spectators
The seating in the auditorium or the house facing the performers
Audience
Short interval between the acts of a play or public performance
An period of approximately 10-15 to allow performers and audiences a rest and reset
What is Intermission?
Major section of a play, opera, ballet, film, or musical
What is an Act?
Extensions offstage that are not visible to the audience usually to left and right of the stage behind a proscenium arch
Wing
This type of stage is surrounded by audience members from all directions.
A performer who uses their voice and body to portray a character and engage an audience in a live setting
What is an Actor?
part of a theatrical play during which there is no change in time or place
What is a scene?
This word means "the seeing place."
What is theater?
A frame or arch that separates the stage from the audience in a theater creating an imaginary 4th wall
Proscenium Arch
This is the type of stage we have at KHS.
Someone who writes plays
Also known as a dramatist
Spelling refers to the word wright: a craftsperson or someone who builds things (i.e. like a shipwright builds ships)
Playwright
Live presentation by an actor or group of actors to an audience
What is performance?
The Greek word for "action"
What is drama?
The orientation of stage directions are from the point of view of...
What is the actor's?
This is another term for a type of arena stage that is a smaller venue and typically used more intimate performances with some flexibility in the staging options.
What is a Black Box Theater.?
The precise positioning and choreography of actors on stage during a performance
Collaborative process between the director and actors to plan movement and orientation
What is Blocking?
A set period of time scheduled for collaboration so that the cast and crew may prepare and stage a production for performance
Rehearsal