Stages
What type of stage is most commonly used for classic theatre plays/productions?
Proscenium Stage
Which type of stage has the audience on three sides, and allows for more interaction between the actors and audience?
Thrust
Rehearsal
Give an example of good audience etiquette in a theatre.
Any of these answers work:
Turn off your phone. Don’t take pictures during performances. If food is allowed in the theater, do not leave any trash behind. Don't talk or comment during the play: if you need to say something, whisper it. Be aware of the people around you and respect their space. Applaud appropriately.
Our most recent musical spotlight was about which musical?
Hamilton
What stage is a simple, adaptable space with black walls and a flat floor?
Black box
True or False: An arena stage has no curtains or backstage area visible to the audience.
True
Vocab word: A short story or sketch that is performed (can be comedic or dramatic).
Skit
If you are standing on a stage, and you're facing the audience with your entire body, what body position are you in?
Full front
This musical is based on a Nickelodeon cartoon show.
Spongebob the Musical
What is another name for an arena stage?
Theatre In The Round
This type of stage is a non-traditional performance space that has not been specifically designed for theatre, such as a park or an abandoned building. What is it?
Found space/found stage
Vocab word: They are from the actor's perspective, and tell the actor what to do/where to go
Stage directions
Fill in the blank: Stages used to be ______. This word also means slanted. (This is why where we get 'upstage' and 'downstage' from!)
Raked
This man wrote and acted in In the Heights and Hamilton. What's his name?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
How many sides of the stage does the audience sit on when there's a traverse stage?
2
Fill in the blank A traverse stage can also be called a _____ stage.
Alley or Corridor
Vocab word: The space where the audience sits.
House
If you are on stage and have your whole body facing stage left, what body position are you standing in?
Profile Left
This musical is based on a very famous Disney movie. The story is based on a Shakespeare play (Hamlet).
The Lion King
Fill in the blanks: Traverse stages are not very popular due to _____ ______ issues.
Sight line
The "picture frame" that separates the regular stage from the apron.
Proscenium arch
Vocab word: The technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.
Pantomime
What does "cheating out" mean?
Positioning yourself to face the audience more directly, even if it means turning away from another actor.
This musical broke a record for having the most Tony nominations for a single production (16 nominations).
Hamilton