Stages
What type of stage is most commonly used for classic theatre plays/productions?
Proscenium Stage
The stage direction that is in the middle of the stage is called...
Center Stage
Who is the person that directs the actors and helps bring the vision of the play to life?
Director
What is Shakespeare's first name?
William
What’s the term for trying out for a role in a play?
Audition/Auditioning
What stage is a simple, adaptable space with black walls and a flat floor?
Black box
Stage directions are from whose perspective? Audience or actor?
The actor
Basic corrective, Special effects, Old age, Gore, Animal
Name 2 plays written by Shakespeare.
Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Julius Caesar, etc.
What is it called when you speak loudly and clearly on stage?
Projection
What is another name for an arena stage?
Theatre In The Round
Vocab word: The space where the audience sits.
House
________ are commonly used as an advertisement for plays/musicals in professional theatre (like Broadway).
Show posters
What is the name of the theatre where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed?
The Globe Theatre
What do actors traditionally say instead of “good luck”?
“Break a leg”
Fill in the blank A traverse stage can also be called a _____ stage.
Alley or Corridor
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
What do makeup designers/artists use to practice a design before applying it to an actor?
Face Chart
Compliment or Insult: Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.
Compliment
What is it called when actors perform without talking, and with no props?
Pantomime
What is the "curved part" of a proscenium stage called?
Apron
Fill in the blank: Stages used to be ______. This word also means slanted. (This is why where we get 'upstage' and 'downstage' from!)
Raked
Name 5 kinds of technical theatre.
Makeup, Costumes, Lighting, Set, Props, Sound, Publicity, Stage Managing
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Anne Hathaway
In theatre, what are wings?
The sides of the stage where actors wait for their entrance