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Theatre Improv
Theatre History
Playwriting
Theatre Marketing
Grab Bag
100

Improv means making up theatre without a...

Script

100

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and dozens of other famous plays that are still performed today?

William Shakespeare

100

The author of a play is called a...

Playwright

100

True or false, a play poster should include the director's favorite color.

False

100

Automatic Shooter Box!

Shoot for points. If you make it, get double. If you miss, get nothing.

N/A

200

What does the word "spontaneous" mean?

Random, unplanned, off the top of your head, sudden, crazy.

200
What ancient civilization started the tradition of Western theatre?

Ancient Greece

200

What the character wants is called their...

Objective

200

Which of these is NOT a way to market a play? (Pick the odd-one-out)

Poster, Instagram Post, Costume Design, Radio Ad

Costume Design
200

What is the traditional thing to say to wish an actor "good luck" for a performance?

"Break a leg!"

300
In one improv game, 2 players sit in chairs and go back and forth naming items that they pull out from between them. What is this game called?

The Never-Ending Box

300

Name a movie actor that has also performed on Broadway.

Daniel Radcliffe, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Hugh Jackman, Viola Davis, Adam Driver, Emma Stone, Neil Patrick Harris, Bryan Cranston, Gaten Matarazzo, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, etc.

300
The thing that is stopping the character from getting what they want is called the...

Obstacle

300

Name the 5 "W" words that a play poster should answer.

Who, When, What, Where, Why

300

A long speech by just one character is called a...

Monologue

400

What is the next part of this basic story structure?

Once upon a time...And every day...Until one day...And because of that...And because of that...Until finally...

And ever since then
400

Name 3 Broadway musicals.

Nice try...

400

What part of a play introduces the setting and the characters?

The Exposition

400

Getting people to hear about the show and come watch it is called...

Publicity

400
In theatre, an action or signal that tells someone when to do something is called what?

a Cue

500

Name 2 of the 3 types of improv gifts we learned in class.

Attribute, Situation, Object.

500

Put these Theatre Time Periods in the correct order:

1. Medieval Theatre. 2. Ancient Roman Theatre. 3. Postmodern Theatre. 4. Modern Theatre.

2. Ancient Roman Theatre. 1. Medieval Theatre. 4. Modern Theatre. 3. Postmodern Theatre.

500

Name 2 plays that other classes wrote and performed in the Advanced Theatre assembly.

Pi-Jo's NASA Adventure, The First Ever Monkey on Earth, The Masques, The Wizard Cat, Penn to Page.

500

Name 6 titles of the play posters that are on the wall in the hallway right now.

Nice try...
500

Reading a script for the first time, without rehearsing, is called a what?

a Cold Read