Basics
What type of theatre involves no words only movements?
Pantomime
What part of the body controls pitch?
larynx
What is the most common type of stage used in theatrical productions?
Proscenium
What are the 3 foundational types of theatre?
Tragedy
comedy
satyr
Give 3 things you can do for voice recovery
answers may vary
What are the words called the actors memorize?
Dialogue
What part of the body controls breathing when performing?
Diaphragm
What stage protrudes into the audience that allows the audience to be on two sides and the front?
3/4ths or thrust stage
Who is known as the big three in Greek Theatre?
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
dsl X usr translates to what?
Downstage left cross upstage right
What is the booklet or papers called that actors use to rehears or learn their lines?
Script
What is the most useful instrument in theatre?
The human body
What type of stage was commonly used in early Greek performances?
Amphitheatre/ Theatre in the round
Who is arguably one of the most timeless poet/playwrights of all time?
William Shakespeare
What is it called when you introduce yourself before an audition or performance?
Slate
When actors act without thinking or preparation is called?
Improvisation
What is the second most important instrument in theatre?
The voice
What is the Greek word for the place behind the stage were actors would change clothes?
Skeen
Who were the group of people called who would sing narrate a play in Greek theatre?
Orchestra
Who analyzes the script and guides production?
The Director
monologue
tongue
lips
teeth
jaws
Soft pallet
What is arguably the most famous theatre in the world? A.K.A. Shakespeare's theatre?
The Globe Theatre
Who is known as the god of Theatre?
Dionysus
Who is arguably the best teacher to ever grace Highlands Middle School?
Mrs. Lee