family, inspired by an event, a person on the street, etc...
100
Name the two acting approaches.
Internal
External
OR
Outside-In
Inside-Out
100
What was the name of the musical in the documentary, Every Little Step?
A Chorus Line
200
What stage configuration is like a picture frame, has a separation between actors and audience?
proscenium stage
200
What is an obstacle caused by someone other than the protagonist ?
Major complication
200
What does a dramaturg do?
Researches the play, etc...
200
Name a book by Stanislavsky, or the nickname of of his 3 books.
ABC's of Acting, books...
200
Who is the playwright for Macbeth?
Shakespeare
300
What stage configuration has the audience on 3 sides of the stage?
thrust stage/three-quarter stage
300
Name one of the styles we studied
romanticism, expressionism, realism, naturalism
300
What given circumstance is concerned with the characters in the play?
WHO
300
What is the name of the theatre practitioner whose acting style is known as “The Method,” places much emphasis on emotion memory.
Strasberg
300
Who is the playwright for A Raisin in the Sun?
Lorraine Hansberry
400
What are the four elements basic elements that make something theatre?
What are actors, script, audience, place
400
What is the single moment the protagonist does something that resolves the main action?
Major Structural Climax
400
What given circumstance is concerned with location?
WHERE
400
What is the name of the theatre practitioner who wants actors to “get out of head,” uses the repetition exercise
Meisner
400
Name an "ism" we studied
realism, expressionism, naturalism
500
What stage configuration is surrounded by the audience?
Theatre in the round/Arena Stage
500
The Main Action
What is the term for what the actor trying to do throughout the play?
500
What given circumstance is concerned with the time period?
WHEN
500
What is the name of the theatre practitioner who all other acting system’s are based on this person’s system. Focuses on given circumstances, acting truthfully, and more.