Acting Basics
The name for the process of remembering your lines for a performance.
What is memorizing?
Was it a Show or Not?
& Juliet (2019)
It's a show!
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The person who runs the show backstage
Who is the stage manager?
The written text of a play
What is a script?
The award given for acting in film
What is an Oscar?
Something that gets in the way of a character goal or objective
What is an obstacle?
A group of performers singing or dancing together
What is an ensemble?
Objects used by actors on stage
What are props?
The process of practicing a show
What is rehearsal?
A film version of a stage musical
What is a movie adaptation?
Using your body to show character
What is physicality?
The opening section of a musical that introduces characters and story
What is a prologue?
The system used to control stage lighting
What is a light board?
The final presentation of a show
What is a performance?
A musical that has been turned into a movie
What is ?
Speaking clearly so the audience can hear you
What is projection and/or diction
The composer and lyricist of Into the Woods
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
The area behind the stage where actors wait
What is backstage?
The seating area for the audience
What is the house?
Qualities that make a performance stand out
What are strong acting choices / emotion / commitment?
When you have to make something up off the top of your head during a performance?
What is improvising?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The writer of both the music and lyrics for a musical
Who is a composer-lyricist?
The person who designs what actors wear
Who is the costume designer?
The bows actors take at the end of a show
What is a curtain call?
A movie musical featuring songs like “City of Stars” that won multiple Oscars
What is La La Land?