Playwrights & Plays
This playwright wrote The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
This playwright wrote Oedipus the King
Sophocles
This term refers to planning actor movement on stage
Blocking
This stage direction means moving away from the audience
Upstage
This theatrical form used masks, stock characters, and improvisation
Commedia Dell'arte
This person calls cues during a performance
This playwright collaborated with Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre
Anton Chekhov
This Greek playwright was known for comedy
Aristophanes
This is a line spoken directly to the audience that other characters cannot hear
Aside
This stage type frames the action like a picture
This theatre movement aimed for a likeness to life
Realism
This person interprets the musical score for actors and musicians
The Musical Director
This playwright is known as the "Father of Realism"
Henrik Ibsen
This Roman playwright is associated with tragedy
Seneca
This term refers to the clarity and precision of speech
Articulation
This stage type has an audience on three sides
A thrust stage
This style often uses exaggerated emotions and symbolic settings
Expressionism
This union represents stage actors and stage managers
Actors' Equity Association
This playwright wrote The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
This festival honored Dionysus and featured play competitions
City Dionysia
This imaginary barrier separates actors from the audience
Fourth wall
This stage type uses immersive and flexible spaces to eliminate the boundary between actors and audience
Environmental Theatre
This movement sought to shock audiences through sensory extremes
Theatre of Cruelty
This union represents television and radio performers
SAG-AFTRA
The playwright wrote A View from the Bridge
Arthur Miller
This figure is credited as the first actor to step out of the chorus
Thespis
This theatrical convention shows a scene from a character's past
A Flashback
This line divides the stage into left and right halves
The center line
This theatrical movement emphasized machines, speed, and modernity
Futurism
This Federal program employed out-of-work artists during the Great Depression
Federal Theatre Project
This playwright created the Pittsburgh Cycle
August Wilson
This concept refers to the audience's emotional purging after tragedy
Catharsis
This scenic fabric becomes transparent when backlit
A scrim
This area extends in front of the proscenium arch
The apron
This style presents dreamlike and symbolic imagery
Surrealism
This Elizabethan fashion accessory is worn around the neck
A Ruff
This playwright developed "Mamet Speak."
This Greek playwright questioned the gods in his plays
Euripides
This overhead structure is used to fly lights or scenery
A batten
This stage type is also known as theatre in the round
An arena stage
This theatrical style presents a world that is illogical and meaningless
Theatre of the Absurd
This garment is associated with Ancient Rome
A toga
This playwright wrote 'night, Mother
Marsha Norman
This flaw ultimately leads to the downfall of a tragic hero
Fatal Flaw
This rehearsal skips most dialogue and focuses on technical cues
A cue-to-cue
This flexible performance space is often minimalist and adaptable
A black box theater
This theatrical movement is associated with experimentation and new ideas
Avant Garde Theatre
This garment was worn around the waist and back of a dress to create volume
A bustle
This playwright was also reportedly a spy for Queen Elizabeth I
Christopher Marlowe
This theatrical element commented on the action in Greek tragedy
This elevated walkway allows access to lighting equipment above the stage
A catwalk
This direction leans toward the audience
Downstage
This theatrical form featured comic sketches and variety acts
Vaudeville
This historical garment is a fitted Renaissance jacket
Doublet
This playwright is associated with Theatre of the Absurd
Samuel Beckett
This theatrical movement encouraged audiences to think critically rather than become emotionally immersed
Epic Theatre
A Jack
This stage configuration places the audience on two opposing sides
A traverse stage
This movement was created by Augusto Boal
Theatre of the Oppressed
This production role oversees finances and organization
The producer