Musical Theatre
In Wicked, this song closes Act I with Elphaba soaring.
Defying Gravity
Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trials.
The Crucible
These colored sheets change the color of stage lights.
Gels
What is the name of the building next door to the house?
Athens
Instead of "good luck", theatre people say this phrase before a performance.
This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features singing felines.
Cats
In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet belongs to this family.
Capulet family
This is the name of the person who calls the cues during the show.
Stage Manager
In what year did construction begin on the building how housing the New Bern Civic Theatre?
1910
Actors never say the name of this Shakespeare play inside a theatre.
Macbeth
This show begins with the line, "5, 6, 7, 8!"
A Chorus Line
This Shakespeare play features the characters Prospero, Miranda, and Ariel.
The Tempest
The side curtains that mask the wings are called this.
Legs
What was the original name of the theatre when it opened in 1911?
Athens Theatre
This single light, left burning onstage when the theatre is empty, is said to keep ghosts away.
Ghost Light
This was the original actress to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
Julie Andrews
This classic play by Oscar Wilde is famous for the line "A handbag?!"
The Importance of Being Earnest
This is the name for sounds effects produced live on stage, such as footsteps or thunder.
Foley
The Athens Theatre is notable for being one of the first buildings in New Bern to feature his modern amenity in the early 1900s.
Electrical Lighting
This type of jewelry should never be used as a stage prop.
Real Pearls
This was the first musical by Rogers & Hammerstein.
Oklahoma!
This absurdist play by Samuel Beckett features two men waiting.
Waiting for Godot
A batten is suspended from this piece of theatre rigging hardware, which keeps it parallel to the stage and allows it to be flown out.
Grid/Pipe Batten System
What was the title of the first production staged by NBCT in September 1980?
Star Spangled Girl by Neil Simon
Whistling backstage is considered bad luck because this job once used whistles to signal scene changes.
Stagehands