Show:
Renaissance Advancements
Getting the role:
Technical Elements in Theatre
Parts of the Stage
Random Vocab Words
100

What does Renaissance mean?

Rebirth

100

What actor played Harry in Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe

100

What is a rehearsal that focuses on the technical aspects of a show?

Tech Rehearsal

100
What are the areas that are behind the proscenium arch and in the off stage areas (Dressing rooms, behind the wings)

Backstage

100

A type of theatre that is unplanned or unscripted, usually a comedy

Improvization

200

What is it called when a stage has an incline in it and is higher toward the back of the stage and lower toward the audience?

Raked Stage

200

What is the term for an invitation from the director to have a "second audition"

Callback

200

What are the "stage clothes" or clothes that an actor/actress wears during a performance?

Costumes

200

What is the place where the audience sits while watching a show called?

House

200

What is it called to speak loudly and clearly so that you can be heard at a distance?

Project

300

What is the edge of the stage that is usually curved?

The Apron

300

What is a speech by one person/actor in a performance or show?

Monologue

300

What are the people who run/operate the technical aspects of the show called?

Crew

300

Where do actors/actresses get ready for a show?

Dressing Room

300

What is the fee that playwrights get for their hard work and artistic vision called?

Royalties

400

What musical or movie did we talk about that is relevant to t he society it was brought up in?

A Chorus Line or Don't Look Up

400

What is a try out or presentation of an actors/actresses materials in hopes of getting a role in a show?

Audition

400

What is technical aspect that is used to set the atmosphere of a show and make sure that all actors are seen?

Lighting

400

What is a curtain that splits the stage into different parts and creates diminsion

Traveler

400

What is a stage managers job?

Organizes all teams that are involved in a production, is the directors right hand man.

500

What is the frame that is around the stage and makes a "picture frame" around the performance?

The Proscenium Arch

500

What is a side?

A portion of the script that a director might ask an actor/actress to read at a callback to see them in a certain roll.

500

What is the setting for a theatrical performance?

Scenery

500
What is the space that is off stage left or off stage right where the audience can not see the actors. They are a type of curtain hat shields the actors from the audience. 

Wings

500

What is a read through?

Reading through a show with stage directions and dialogue before rehearsing for a production.