Playwrights
Much Ado About Nothing, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear
William Shakespeare
The goal that you try to achieve.
Objective
You are facing the audience. You take two steps to the left. Which direction have you moved?
Stage Left
"Maybe you would've been more comfortable with someone a little more colorful and flamboyant, like..."
Paul
Name all the male characters who attended the party in Rumors
Ken, Lenny, Ernie, Glenn
Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Rumors
Neil Simon
A shift in the emotional temperature of the scene
Beat change
What is the term for empty space intentionally left between performers?
Negative Space
"It looks like my trunk has exploded."
Stella
Name all of the women who attended the party in Rumors
Chris, Claire, Cookie, Cassie
True West, Buried Child, The Curse of the Starving Class
Sam Shephard
What are the very first scenes that we do called?
Elliptical scenes
Name 6 of the effort actions
Press, Punch, Float, Glide, Flick, Wring, Dab, Slash
"I don't sleep."
Lee
What type of car does Lenny have (which he may have to take home in an envelope)
A BMW
Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson
August Wilson
Name two different techniques to help bring life to a scene
Verbs, 1,2,3 game, gibberish, subtext analysis
The type of Japanese theatre art we learned about is called
Kabuki Theatre
"Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?"
Lady MacBeth
Who is the last character to speak in Rumors?
Myra
A Raisin in the Sun, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Lorraine Hansberry
Name 3 highly influential acting teachers
Konstantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasburg, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen, Michael Checkhov, Lloyd Richards
The effort actions are called the __________ effort actions.
Laban
"Nothing will come from nothing, speak again."
King Lear
Who were the three fictional cooks in Lenny's improvised story?
Rosita, Ramona, and Romero