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100

This musical details the life of a famous founding father who also shares the same name as the show

What is Hamilton

100

This famous actor is known for playing "Elder Cunningham" in "The Book of Mormon" and originating the role of "Evan Hansen" in "Dear Evan Hansen"

Who is Ben Platt

100

This object is used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production 

What is A Prop

100

This famous playwright wrote Macbeth and Othello, he is also known as "The Bard"

Who is William Shakespeare

100

This play is about two star-crossed lovers whose deaths reconcile their feuding families

What is Romeo and Juliet

200

This musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is based off a book of cat poems

What is Cats

200

This famous lyricist and composer is widely known for his work on the musicals "Into the Woods", "Company", and "West Side Story" 

Who is Stephen Sondheim

200

This direction is the left side of a stage from the point of view of a performer facing the audience

What is Stage Left

200

This play is about a girl and her dog traveling to a fantasy world and meeting a wicked witch

What is The Wizard of Oz

200

This play is based of the book of the same name about a blood sucking vampire

What is Dracula

300

This musical is about everyone's favorite bio-exorcist ghost who is summoned by saying his name three times

What is Beetlejuice

300

This famous actor is known for originating the roles of "Jack Kelly" in "Newsies" and "Clyde Barrow" in "Bonnie and Clyde"

Who is Jeremy Jordan

300

The areas on the side of the stage used for entrances and exits

What are The Wings

300

The word Thespian is named after this famous actor

Who is Thespis

300

This play, written in 1603, is a tragedy about a prince who seeks revenge against his uncle for the murder of his father

What is Hamlet

400

This musical is about a group of puppets trying to get by in New York 

What is Avenue Q

400

This famous actress is known for originating the roles of "Elphaba" in "Wicked" and "Maureen" in "Rent

Who is Idina Menzal

400

The front area of the stage before the proscenium line

What is The Apron

400

This show features 2 characters named Felix and Oscar and Ms. A will probably make you do a scene from it

What is The Odd Couple

400

This play, written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959, was one of the first and most famous plays that explored the agonies of the black community in Chicago

What is A Raisin in the Sun

500

This musical is a vignette styled musical based on the different presidential assassins spanning from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald

What is Assassins

500

This famous writer and composer is known for writing both "Rent" and "Tick Tick... Boom!"

Who is Jonathan Larson

500

The device used to quickly, quietly, and safely fly down curtains.

What is The Fly System

500

This musical is known as the first American musical, written in 1866

What is The Black Crook

500

This 2018 play is based off on the 1960 Harper Lee book of the same name, it follows the story of Atticus Finch

What is To Kill A Mockingbird