Storytime
The TECHNICAL stuff
Lights, Camera, ACTION
Musicals
EXTRA
100

The background, time, and place of where the action of a story, play, movie, or show takes place. It's the where and when of a story.

What is SETTING?

100

The VISUAL BACKGROUND on a stage that tells you where the action is taking place.

What is the SCENERY or SET?

100

The art of speaking and moving to create characters in plays, movie, and TV. It is action a person does when they inhabit the character using the script as a base. 

What is ACTING?

100

What Musical won the 2019 Best Musical Award?

What is Hadestown? 

100

A fake beard, a wig, and clothes from another time and place are examples of this.

What are COSTUMES?

200

It's WHO the story is about. It can be people or animals.

What are CHARACTERS?

200
It's something that actors WEAR to LOOK LIKE their characters and to make themselves as more believable as those characters.
What are COSTUMES and/or MAKE-UP?
200

VOCAL expression, projection, style, and diction are all forms of this performance element.

What is SPEAKING?

200

What is the name of Evan's "pretend" best friend in Dear Evan Hansen? (Full name please) 

What is CONNOR MURPHY?

200

It is the actor's ability to SPEAK OUT to the whole audience without having to shout.

What is PROJECTION?

300

The SERIES OF EVENTS of a story; the BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END.

What is PLOT?

300
Anything the actors touches or uses during a play.
What is a PROP?
300

When an actor does not have the object/prop or full scenery and needs to represent them and commit to acting out their use as if they really existed. What is this action called? 

What is PANTOMIME?

300

In what show does Velma Kelly skirt the penalty of murder? 

What is CHICAGO?

300

A glass of water, a sword, or a phone are examples of this.

What are PROPS?

400
It is the written version of a play, movie, or show. Actors learn their lines from this and it tells them what to do and say. It describes all the details about the story.
What is a SCRIPT?
400
This is SOMETHING WE HEAR that is sometimes used in plays, movies, or shows TO CREATE A CERTAIN MOOD OR FEELING (such as suspense or fear).
What is SOUND and/or MUSIC?
400

A conversation between two or more characters.

What is DIALOGUE?

400

Name the musical from which the following lyrics come from? "AND I KNOW THINGS NOW MANY VALUABLE THINGS, THAT I HADN'T KNOWN BEFORE" 

What is "INTO THE WOODS"?

400

A character is someone who the story is about but this is the PERSON who is being that character.

What is an ACTOR?

500
A STRUGGLE OR PROBLEM a character must solve by the end of the story or play. It is usually someone or something that tests, or challenges, a character.
What is CONFLICT?
500
*Scenery/Set *Costumes/make-up *Props *Sound/Music These are all this type of drama ELEMENTS.
What are TECHNICAL ELEMENTS?
500

A speech made by ONE character who speaks to a silent listener or an audience.

What is a MONOLOGUE?

500

Name the musical from which the following musical contain: "An everlasting world and you're here with me"

What is XANADU?

500

A form of drama that includes acting, music, singing, and dancing.

What is a MUSICAL?