It's All Greek to Me
This element of drama are the people of the story.
What is Character?
When I say upstage right, you write...
What is USR or UR?
The GCS Theater (North Gym) is this kind of stage
What is a Proscenium?
The stage manager writes this, the movement of actors, down during rehearsal. Actors should too.
What is blocking?
This element of drama is what happens in the story, the actions of the characters.
What is Plot?
This kind of Greek play is foreboding and sad. It's really a this when everyone dies by the end.
What is a Tragedy?
This kind of stage has two sides of audience.
What is Transverse or Runway?
All the actors and set pieces hid in this part of the stage before their entrances.
What are the wings?
This kind of theatre does not have a script. It is made up on the spot.
What is Improvised Theatre or Improv?
In Ancient times this didn't necessarily mean funny. Sometimes it just meant that things turn out ok.
What is Comedy?
This element of drama has a pretty tune. A group of singers would do the trick.
What is Melody?
What is Arena or In the Round?
This aspect of the production gives clues to the setting, like the kind of weather, and add to the emotion of the scene. It also occurs before the show and during intermission.
What is sound?
These are the italicized parts of a script. They describe the setting or actions the characters take.
What are stage directions?
This element of drama is big and showy! The audience needs something to goggle at.
What is Spectacle?
Speak up. Enunciate! This element of drama needs to be spoken clearly.
What is Diction?
The Proscenium stage has this while other stages do not. It is a sort of lip that is over the orchestra pit.
What is the apron?
This is where the sets are stored, and this is where the costumes are stored
What is the portable and the costume closet (above the North Gym)
This kind of scene starts ends with a character's entrance or exit.
What is a French scene?
This element of drama requires the power of the mind. The characters' and the actors'.
What is Thought?
He wrote about 6 elements of theatre in his book, Poetics.
Who is Aristotle?
This is a sort of tunnel under the audience. Actors can enter or exit from these. It comes from the Colosseum in Ancient Rome.
What is vomitorium or vom?
All the actors and set pieces hid in this part of the stage before their entrances. The tall curtains create openings called this.
What are the wings?
Write this in blocking notation:
Rochester crosses downstage right toward Jane
Jane looks at Rochester, then sits.
Rochester jumps, crosses to the couch and sits.
Roch X DSR -> Jane
Jane Roch, S
Roch J, X -> , S
The group of people who often act as the conscience of a character or narrators of the show. They love to sing sing sing!
What is the Chorus?