Voice for the Stage
Plays/Musicals
Theater Basics
Vocabulary
Storytelling
100

A great way to warm up articulators

tongue twisters

100

movement or dance is called

choreography

100

Greek God of Wine and Fertility

Dionysus

100

what is improvisation?

Coming up with things on the spot

100

The most intense moment for the character. The character

will experience an "unforseen" change or twist in the plot.



Climax

200

acting without words

pantomime

200

The first play written by a woman to be produced on Broadway

A Raisin in the Sun

200

The area of the stage closest to the audience

downstage

200

A list of items used in a production

Prop List

200

the person or force going against the protagonist

antagonist

300

The most important muscle used in abdominal breathing

Diaphragm

300

Who is the main character in Chicago?

Roxie Hart

300
Introduced the first actor, known as the father of theater.

Thespis

300

abandoning your own cultural norms to accept another

assimilation

300

the main character

protagonist

400

Speaking loud enough so that the audience can hear you

Projection

400

Name 1 performer/musician/artist from the Harlem Renaissance

....

400

Name a type of stage

proscenium, thrust, theater in the round (arena)

400

What does CGI stand for?

Computer Generated Images

400

What do all stories have?

Beginning, middle, and ending


500

Articulators

The lips, the teeth, the tip of the tongue

500

Academy award given for theater

Tony

500

The person responsible for designing clothing actors wear

costume designer 

500

Actors movement in a scene is referred as ___________

Blocking

500

a plot device in which leaves a main character in a unresolved situation. This leaves the audience with more questions than answers

cliffhanger