And Theatre Was Born!
The most celebrated playwright during the renaissance
Who is William Shakespeare?
The point of view from which stage directions are named
What is the actor?
The location where the audience sits for a show
What is the house?
Rhythm performed on a child's name day
What is Gidamba?
The character who is always pictured to be on a balcony
Where theatre originated
What is Greece?
Motivated movement on stage by an actor
What is blocking?
Used on a stage when unoccupied to avoid accidentally tripping over set pieces or falling into the pit
What is a ghost light?
The decade when viewpoints was written
What is the 70s?
A standard type of shoe that all actors should have
What are character shoes? (50 points if answered Jazz Shoe)
The abbreviation for the actors union
What is AEA?
Work done at the beginning of the rehearsal process to discuss the details of the play and its characters
What is table work?
The type of theatre that Sakas is
What is black box?
Three things you should always bring to an acting class
What are: notebook, pencil, water bottle (will also accept script, highlighter, self, focus)
The activity all cast and crew take part in where they take apart the set after a show closes
What is Strike?
The Greek God of Wine and Theatre
Who is Dionysus?
A moment with an actor alone onstage speaking to the audience
What is a sililoquy?
The location where actors wait directly offstage
What is the wings?
This person brought about realism to modern acting
Who is Stanislavski?
A member of the cast who is responsible for learning multiple different tracks in a show in order to fill in when needed if someone cannot perform
What is a swing?
The reason behind the terms upstage/downstage
What is a raked stage?
A meaningful pause or break between words
What is a caesura?
An elevated platform in a theatre that is used by technicians to hang lighting and sound instruments
What is a catwalk?
The six types of viewpoints
What are: tempo, duration, response, repetition, shape, gesture?
The reason behind why we don't whistle in a theatre
What are sailors? (Sailors used to be the fly system operators and used whistling to communicate. So by whistling, you could accidentally signal a sailor to drop something on your head!)