THEATRE TERMS
Reading before a Director to Determine casting of a play/
What is an Audition?
Written conversation.
What is Dialogue?
Name of Japanese historical Theatre.
What is Kabuki Theatre?
Author of Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
UR or USR are acronyms for...
What is Upstage Right?
An uninterrupted rehearsal of a scene, act or the entire play.
What is a Run Through?
A complete scene or play in a format to be produced by actors & directors.
What is a script?
This Theatre debuted in 1907 & is known for it's elaborate costumes.
What is the Zigfield Follies?
Author of A Midnight Summer's Dream.
Who is Shakespeare?
C is acronym for...
What is Center stage?
The clothing worn by the Actors that help determine character, time, theme & mood.
What are costumes?
A long speech said by a single actor to themselves, the audience, or to another actor.
What is a Monologue?
A play that is an example of Realism.
What is A Doll's House?
Author of A Doll's House.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
DL or DSL are acronyms for....
What is Downstage Left?
Small hand held items used by actors to create the period, character or setting.
What are Props?
The actors ability to be heard by the audience.
What is volume?
The play, Waiting For Godot is an example of.
What is theatre of the Absurd.
Author of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
R or SR are acronyms for...
What is Stage Right?
The Sequence of steps & movements in dance or figure skating, especially in a ballet or other staged dance.
What is Choreography?
The set movement of all the actors on stage throughout the play.
What is blocking?
A style of comedy that satirizes the behavior, actions, fashions and manners of a segment of society.
What is Comedy of Manners?
A story or action performed without words, relying on body language.
What is a Pantomime?
Stage term for where the audience sit in a theatre.
What is the House?