Vocab
What is Ensemble?
An ensemble is a group of people who perform together.
What is an Archetype?
Archetypes, or STOCK CHARACTERS, are easily recognizable characters with predictable actions and character traits
Who wrote A Midsummer Nights Dream?
Shakespeare
What is the Rising Action? And what number step is it (From 1-7)
Suspense is created to lead up to the climax
What is Punching?
Fast, heavy, direct
What are the 5 Stage Directions?
Upstage, Downstage, Stage Left, Stage Right, Center Stage
What is the Everyman?
Someone who wants to fit in with everyone, often sad and pitiful
What genre of play is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Comedy
What is the Falling Action? And what number step is it (From 1-7)
The unraveling of the story. Can be used to ease any of the built up tension or wrap up the loose ends.
What is Dabbing?
Fast, light, direct
What is an Understudy?
Someone who learns the part of one of the actors and goes on if that actor cannot perform. Ex: If someone gets sick their understudy will go on
What is The Flighty Young One
A character that is often self-absorbed, and can’t remember much of anything
Who is Lysander in love with?
Hermia
What is the Inciting Incident? And what number step is it (From 1-7)
The event that hooks the viewer into the story, and sets everything else into motion.
What is Pushing?
Slow, heavy, direct
What is a Gobo?
A Gobo is an object placed inside or in front of a light to control the shape or shadow
What archetype would Olaf from Frozen be?
The Jester
Which character does Puck serve?
Oberon
What is the Denouement? And what number step is it (From 1-7)
The aftermath of the story. How the world is affected after the story has ended.
What is Floating?
Fast, light, indirect
What is a Sitzprobe?
A Sitzprobe is when the actors sing all of the music with the orchestra without acting out the numbers.
What archetype would Buddy the Elf be?
The Innocent
What are the names of the characters from the play within the play? (The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of...)
Pyramus and Thisbe
What is the Exposition? And what number step is it (From 1-7)
Where the background and context are set up. Typically where the audience is introduced to the characters.
What is Floating?
Slow, light, direct