It's Kinda Important
The Eras of Theatre
Name That Playwright
Ofc I Added Musical Theatre
The Teachings of Diem
100

This was the the first actor who stepped out of the Greek chorus for the first time

Who is Thespis?

100

Includes several playwrights such as William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson

What is the Renaissance era?

100

He wrote The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Who is Tennessee Williams?

100

This shows follows the story of an ambitious orphan trying to make a difference in revolutionary times

What is Hamilton?

100

The object he throws freshman year when teaching you that you never know what happens next

What is a book?

200

This Russian director developed his own system that revolutionized acting as a whole

Who is Konstantin Stanislavski?

200

Includes several playwrights such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes

What is Ancient Greek?

200

He wrote Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound

Who is Neil Simon?

200

This show follows a man also during revolutionary times who built a new identity after stealing and there's also a man who's after him

What is Les Mis?

200

The method that he teaches you how to do freshman year

What is the Cohen method?

300

The 1940s saw the rise of one of the most popular forms of theatre to this day

What is musical theatre?

300

Includes several playwrights such as Don Zolidis, Emily Hageman, and Ian McWethy

What is contemporary/modern day?

300

She wrote Crimes of the Heart and The Jacksonian

Who is Beth Henley?

300

This show follows a son who tries to make sense of the tall tales his father tells as his father is dying

What is Big Fish?

300

Finish the phrase (often followed up with banging on a piece of furniture): "Acting is not..."

What is pretending?

400

This playwright saw the rise of a form of theatre that was used to provoke intellectual thought instead of just emotional escapism

Who is Bertolt Brecht?

400

Includes several playwrights such a as Anton Chekhov, August Strindberg, and Henrik Ibsen?

What is the start of realism/classical era?

400

He wrote Tartuffe and The Doctor in Spite of Himself

Who is Moliere?

400

This show follows several queens who compete to see who had the worse life

What is Six?

400

The acronym that he teaches when helping you format monologues and scenes (you must say the full words for the point)

What is GOTE (goal, obstacle, tactics, expectations)?

500

This followed the English Restoration in 1660

What is women finally entering theatre?

500

Includes several playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Eugene O'Neill

What is the Golden Age?

500

He wrote Fences and The Piano Lesson

Who is August Wilson?

500

This show follows six teens who have died and try to compete for a chance at living again

What is Ride the Cyclone?

500

The names of the four plays he had the freshmen read this year

What is The Glass Menagerie, The Crucible, Waiting for Godot, and Social Creatures?