Show:
Production Staff
Europe/China
Stages
American/"-isms"
100
A stagehand who moves scenery
What is a Grip
100
A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a monologue or a dialogue
What is Xiangsheng
100
An inclined stage sloped upward away from the viewers
What is Raked
100
A style of drama that features distorted, over simplified, and symbolic rather than realistic characters
What is Expressionism
200
The person who handles the advertising and promotion of a play in the press, on the radio, and in other media
What is a Publicity Manager
200
Stock characters in commedia dell’arte; young lovers who speak a fine language
What is Innamorati
200
Stages on wheels divided into two platforms
What is a Pageant Wagon
200
The legendary family that links the early American stage with the modern
What is the Barrymores
300
The person who finds the financial investors, sets the budget, and pays the bills for a theatrical production
What is the Producer
300
A form of Chinese drama that originated in the nineteenth century
What is Peking Opera
300
Large circular arenas that were surrounded by tiers of seats
What is Amphitheaters
300
The first professional company to produce plays in the American colonies
What is the American Company
400
The person responsible for distribution of programs, seating of the audience, and training of the ushers
What is the House Manager
400
Banned all theatre in England for eighteen years
What is Puritans
400
A roof supported by two ornate columns above the stage with the sun, moon, stars, clouds, and the sign of the zodiac painted on the underside
What is Heavens
400
An abstract style of stage setting that employs skeletal structures instead of realistic props
What is Constructivism