Theatre
Vocabulary
Technical Theatre
Shakespeare
Musicals
100
What is a group of actors/crew working together cooperatively?
What is an Ensemble
100

A lighting cue that turns all the lights off suddenly

What is a Blackout

100

This technical element of theatre helps to establish the characters.

What is Costuming

100
What is Shakespeare's first name?
What is William
100

This musical is set in the fictional city Bikini Bottoms which is located in the ocean.  It is based off a Nickelodeon cartoon.

What is Spongebob Squarepants the Musical?

200
The section of the theatre where the audience sits is called...?
What is the House
200

Actors never say "good luck" before a performance. Instead they say.....

What is Break a Leg!

200

These two technical elements go hand in hand to create a mood for the entire play.

What is Lighting and Sound

200

The line 'O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?' was said by which William Shakespeare character?

Who is Juliet

200

This musical tells a story of forgotten Founding Father and his rise from poverty to power during the American War of Independence.

What is Hamilton?

300
A spontaneous style of theatre using unrehearsed and unscripted acting scenes is called...?
What is Improvisation.
300

To fill a space with sound, without hurting the voice.

What is Projection

300

One who supervises the physical aspects of a stage production, assists the director during rehearsals, and is in charge of the stage during a performance

Who is a Stage Manager

300

William Shakespeare wrote about which of these Scottish kings

Who is Macbeth

300

The tragic story of beautiful soprano who becomes the obsession of a mysterious and disfigured musical genius living beneath the Paris Opéra House.

What is The Phantom of the Opera?

400

What is an acting technique that uses no words to tell a story?

What is Pantomime?

400

The middle of the playing area or stage.

What is center stage

400

A verbal announcement by the stage manager to signal that actors and crew members should take their designated positions on stage, indicating the show is about to begin

What is "Places!" / a Places call

400

A spell that puts a donkey's head on his shoulders was inflicted on which Shakespeare character?

Who is Bottom

400

The musical concerns a deceased couple who try to haunt the new inhabitants of their former home and call for help from a devious bio-exorcist ghost.

What is Beetlejuice?

500

The techniques used by a character to achieve their goals and get what they want.

What are tactics?

500

A technique that allows you to talk to someone on stage while turning your body so that you are not profiling or facing your back to the audience

What is cheat out

500

A verbal/physical signal for action or effect to begin, called by a Stage Manager

What is a Cue

500

The primary antagonist in the William Shakespeare play Othello

Who is Iago

500

This 70's show is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of contemporary African-American culture.

What is The Wiz?