Show:
Voice
Improvisation
Character/Scene Development
Technical Elements
American Theater History
100
These are exercises to help actors prepare the voice for singing, acting, and other use.
What is Vocal Warm Ups.
100
This was an improvisational drama that began centuries ago in Italy.
What is Commedia Dell' Arte
100
These are the components a scene must have to make order of.
What is a Beginning, Middle, End
100
These are what allows the audience to see what is happening on stage.
What is Lighting or Stage Lighting
100
This means to cause someone to do something (bad or good) through reasoning or an argument.
What is Persuasion
200
This refers to how differently a person may speak English in Texas, New York, or Hollywood.
What is Dialect?
200
This was coined by the Commedia Dell' Arte characters as a facilitator of performance between the Italian and the French.
What is Grammelot
200
This means playing the role of a character with another actor while expressing the thoughts and feelings of a certain character.
What is Role Playing
200
This is the general appearance or environment of the place on stage.
What is Set Design or Scenery
200
In this year, two theaters were started in the US to bring cultural awareness to the Black and Hispanic Communities.
What is 1976
300
If this is too high or too low, it may affect how clearly an actor pronounces and projects words.
What is Pitch?
300
This is a language that was commonly used in the Italian improvisational performance created by the Commedia Dell Arte characters.
What is Gibberish
300
In a scene between two speaking people, this normally happens after one actor speaks.
What is Responding
300
This is what the audience hears during the performance such as music or voice overs.
What is Sound Design
300
This is what theater reflects on stage through character's emotions, thoughts, and concerns
What is Real Life
400
These are used primarily to work on your articulation skills.
What is Linklater Exercises?
400
This Commedia Dell' Arte character dresses fancy and colorful and always leads with open hips.
What is Harloquin
400
This real life activity is a good way to inform an actor of his or her character.
What is Observing other people
400
This is the continual idea of the show outlined through scenery, costume, makeup, sound or lighting
What is Theme
400
This is the name of the theater started by Lou Bellamy in St. Paul Minnesota
What is Penumbra Theater
500
This is the number of muscles that make up your vocal chords.
What is 6?
500
This is what Commedia Dell' Arte was mainly created to teach society about.
What is social class.
500
These are the three main components you need in order to improvise a scene.
What is Topic, Character, and Setting
500
This is the positioning and movement of actors on the stage.
What is Blocking
500
This is what theater was mainly used for among audiences worldwide
What is entertainment