Acting
In response to the new realistic drama of the late nineteenth century, ________ devised a system to teach performers how to achieve the necessary believability.
Konstantin Stanislavski
Drama that aspires to promote dialogue and social justice through performance.
Social Action Theatre
This traditional and popular type of theatre space is named for the arch that appears frames the stage. The audience is located directly in front of the stage in the house.
Proscenium
This type of drawing gives the "birds eye view" of the stage and details the arrangement of furniture
Groundplan
The person responsible for the overall practical and creative interpretation of a dramatic script or musical score.
Theatre Director
The choreographer is responsible for this in a musical
Telling the story through dance
What the character wants in a scene or play
Objective
Hallie Flanagan used this type of theatre to inform the public about the news and to highlight the realities and struggles of people "behind" the headlines
The Living News paper
Developed by the Greeks, the ________ was also the type of theatre space used during Shakespeare's time.
Thrust
A unifying idea carried out visually is the
Design Concept
When a play is performed as it will be before the public, complete with all production elements but without an audience present, it is called the
Dress Rehearsal
In Musical Theatre, the collection of scenes NOT set to music is called The __________.
Book
That which gets in the way of what the character wants in a scene or play
Obstacle
This type of theatre uses the actual words real people for the production
Verbatim Theatre
This type of stage has an audience surrounding all sides of the stage
Arena or "Theatre in the round"
These final sketches become the guide for building and finishing the set
Renderings
Lighting changes programmed in a computerized control system are referred to as
Cues
This musical created what was eventually known as the Book Musical, or Integrated Musical, because it fully integrated the plot, character, songs, setting, and dancing for the first time. It was also one of the most famous musicals ever created and ushered in the Golden Age of Broadway
Oklahoma
The arrangement and movements of performers relative to each other and to the stage space is called
Blocking
Bertolt Brecht used this 'effect' to make you uncomfortable and challenge you to "think" rather than "feel"
Alienation Effect
This space is a black room that has the flexibility to move the audience to suit each individual production
Black Box
Lighting
The individual who works on literary and historical issues with members of the artistic team mounting a theatre production
Dramaturg
Shows of this type are more nonlinear meditations on various themes than unified stories.
Concept Musical
Stanislavki's ____________ _____________ is purposeful action undertaken to fulfill a character’s goals. He felt this was the most direct route to the emotions.
Psychophysical Action
This type of theatre, based on real events, uses factual material to create a production, including historical records, interviews, court documents, articles, and newspapers
Documentary Theatre
This type of space challenges the notion of what a theatre space is and includes any space that is a non-theatre building where a performance occurs.
Created or Found Space
Site-Specific
The amplification of sounds produced by a performer or musical instrument
Sound Reinforcement
Directors who prioritize their point of view over that of the playwright typically rearrange the script or incorporate other media, such as film, music, or dance.
Auteur Directors
When the lyrics and book of a musical are combined in written form that is called _____________
Libretto