FOUNDATIONS IN THEATRE
THEATRE HISTORY
DO YOU REMEMBER?
ACTING
PARTS OF THEATRE STAGE
100
WHAT IS AN ACTOR?
A PERSON WHO PERFORMS AS A CHARACTER IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL.
100
WHICH PART OF THEATRE HISTORY HAD A THEATRON, ORCHESTRA, AND A SKENE?
ANCIENT GREEK
100
IN GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES, WHO WAS THE GOD OF WAR?
ARIES
100
WHAT IS EMOTION?
Feelings that characters show and make the audience feel
100
WHAT PART OF THE STAGE IS THIS?
WHAT PART OF THE STAGE IS THIS?
DOWNSTAGE
200
WHAT IS BLOCKING?
THE ACTOR'S MOVEMENTS OR PLACES ON STAGE.
WHERE THE DIRECTOR TELLS THE ACTORS TO GO ON STAGE.
200
WHERE WERE MEDIEVAL PLAYS MOSTLY PERFORMED?
IN CHURCHES
200
IN GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES, WHO WAS THE GODDESS OF FERTITLITY?
HERA
200
WHAT IS A CHEAT OUT?
TO TURN YOUR BODY SLIGHTLY SO THE AUDIENCE AND SEE YOUR FACE AND HEAR YOU
200
WHAT PART OF THE STAGE IS THIS?
UPSTAGE RIGHT
300
WHAT IS A DIRECTOR?
A PERSON WHO PROVIDES AN ARTISTIC VISION, THE LEADER, STAGES THE PLAY.
HELPS BEING THE VISION TO LIFE.
300
WHAT IS A WORD FOR A TRAVELING BAND IN TODAY'S WORLD?
TOUR OR TOURING
300
IN GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES, WHO WAS THE GODDESS OF LOVE?
APHRODITE
300
WHAT IS OFF-BOOK?
TO HAVE YOUR LINES COMPLETELY MEMORIZED, NOT HAVE A SCRIPT IN HAND
300
WHAT PART OF THE STAGE IS THIS?
DOWNSTAGE LEFT
400
WHAT IS A CUE?
A SIGNAL OR HINT THAT THE SHOW, A SCENE, OR SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO START.
400
WHO WAS A WRITER DURING THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD?
HIS FIRST NAME IS WILLIAM...
SHAKESPEARE
400
IN MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, WHO WAS THE SPRITE OR FAIRY WHO CAUSED A BUNCH OF CHAOS? TURNING SOMEONE'S HEAD INTO A DONKEY.
PUCK
400
WHAT ARE NOTES?
FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS THE DIRECTOR GIVES THE ACTORS
400
WHAT PART OF THE STAGE IS THIS?
STAGE RIGHT
500
WHAT IS A COLD READ?
READING A SCRIPT OR PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. NO PRACTICE.
500
WHO SAT IN THE PIT DURING THEATRE PERFORMANCE DURING THE RENAISSANCE?
THE POOR PEOPLE
500
IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND, WHO WAS ALWAYS RUSHING FROM PLACE TO PLACE?
RABBIT
500
WHAT IS A THEME?
WHAT THE PLAY IS ABOUT, THE MAIN IDEA, THE MESSAGE
500
WHAT PART OF THE STAGE IS THIS?
CENTER STAGE