Basics of Improvisation
Acting done with little to no preparation is known as:
What is Improv?
A performance that integrates acting, singing, and dancing is known as:
What is a musical?
The planned movement of an actor is known as:
What is blocking?
Our school stage directly faces the audience on one side. What is the name for this type of stage?
What is a proscenium?
Who is in charge of rehearsing and blocking the actors?
What is a director?
Other words for the relationships, setting, and conflict in a scene:
What is WHO, WHERE, and WHAT?
The dance movement that is taught in a musical is known as the:
When an actor angles their body towards the audience, this is known as:
What is cheating out?
Scenic designers may be asked to create a detailed sketch or graphic design of their concepts. What is another word for these designs?
What is a rendering?
Who is responsible for teaching the music in a musical?
What is a musical director?
This can be defined as a short narrative or story performed by actors on stage.
What is a scene?
Actors must take care to analyze the words of a song they perform. Another word for these words is:
What is Lyrics?
Whether an actor moves towards or away from the audience, these stage directions are known as:
What is upstage and downstage?
This type of stage has a center platform that extends out into the audience.
What is a thrust stage?
Who is responsible for managing the budget and purchases for a production?
Who is the producer?
Actors must hone their skills to be heard and understood by their audience. What are the names of these skill sets?
What is projection and diction?
Actors must practice different speeds of the music to evoke emotion in a scene. The speed of music is known as:
What is the tempo?
What are the three words that an actor should consider when rehearsing the motivations of a scene?
What are objectives, obstacles, and tactics?
What is a traverse stage?
What is the imaginative exercise of determining the beliefs, rules, and geography of an staged reality?
What is world building?
In improvisation scenes, actors must accept offers. What two types of offers are there?
What is weak and strong offers?
Actors should also take care to study the varying volume levels in a song. These levels of volume in music are known as:
What are dynamics?
This is a series of coded symbols which represents direction given to an actor, and may prove useful during rehearsals.
What is blocking shorthand?
The front of a stage may have two different names depending upon its construction. What are the two names?
What is the apron or the pit?
There are three main crafts which inspire theatre productions and their design teams. What are the names of these crafts?
What is sound, lighting, and props?