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Stage Direction
Theater History
Freytag's Pyramid
Theater Jobs
General Vocabulary
100
This is the stage direction that is on the audience's right side
What is stage left?
100
This is an early period in musical theater that contained many groundbreaking, successful musicals
What is the Golden Age of Musicals?
100
This is the third aspect of Freytag's Pyramid. It represents the turning point or most intense moment
What is the climax?
100
This person is responsible for communicating the story in a performance
Who is an actor/actress?
100
This is what we call making up a scene on the spot
What is improvisation?
200
This is the stage direction that is at the back of the stage, away from the audience
What is upstage?
200
This kind of music was incorporated into musicals in the late 1960s
What is rock music?
200
This is the second part of Freytag's Pyramid. It is the section where the drama develops
What is Rising Action?
200
This person tells actors what to do and they are responsible for creating a vision for the play
Who is the director?
200
This "m" word is the reason a person does something
What is motivation?
300
This is the part of the stage that is closest to the audience
What is downstage?
300
This musical was based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
What is West Side Story?
300
This is the fourth section of Freytag's Pyramid, immediately following the climax?
What is falling action?
300
This person creates the dances for a musical
Who is the choreographer?
300
This figure was responsible for writing hundreds of "fables" in Ancient Greece
Who is Aesop?
400
This is the part of the stage that is close to the audience and to their left
What is downstage right?
400
This songwriting pair was responsible for many major developments in musical theater, including the groundbreaking "Oklahoma!"
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
400
This is the first part of Freytag's Pyramid. This is where everything is as it is before the action starts.
What is the exposition?
400
This person write the "book" or script of a play or musical
Who is the librettist?
400
This type of stage set-up is surrounded by audience
What is theater in the round?
500
This is usually found underneath the front part of the stage
What is the orchestra pit?
500
In the 1900's Disney contributed to revitalizing Broadway by convincing Mayor Rudolf Giuliani to clean up this area in New York City
What is Times Square?
500
This is the final section of Freytag's Pyramid. This french word could be substituted with "conclusion"
What is denouement?
500
This person is responsible for deciding which instruments in the orchestra play which parts
Who is the orchestrator?
500
This type of stage is the most popular on Broadway
What is proscenium?