Stages + Stage Directions
What type of stage is most commonly used for classic theatre plays/productions?
Proscenium Stage
What is the style of acting where nothing is preplanned?
Improv / Improvisation
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
Stage directions are from whose perspective? Audience or actor?
The actor
What is it called when actors perform without talking, and with no props?
Pantomime
What is a rendering?
Drawing of your plan for the design (think set and costume design).
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”
What is another name for an arena stage?
Theatre In The Round
______ are the environmental, historical, and situational conditions a character finds themselves in.
Given circumstances
In set design, a _________ is an aerial view (bird’s eye view) of the stage that outlines the basic set pieces that the actors will interact with.
A ground plan
Name 3 plays written by Shakespeare.
Movies/plays that are adaptations don't count.
Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Julius Caesar, etc.
Vocab word: The space where the audience sits.
House
What is the "curved part" of a proscenium stage called?
Apron
Scenes should include specific relationships, ________, and conflict.
Setting
What do makeup designers/artists use to practice a design before applying it to an actor?
Face Chart
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
Bonus points for the # of sonnets he wrote as well.
38 plays, 154 sonnets
In theatre, what are wings?
The sides of the stage where actors wait for their entrance
Fill in the blank: Stages used to be ______. This word also means slanted. (This is why where we get 'upstage' and 'downstage' from!)
Raked
What is an objective?
What your character wants / their goal
Name 5 kinds of technical theatre.
Makeup, Costumes, Lighting, Set, Props, Sound, Publicity, Stage Managing
Is this a Shakespearean Compliment or Insult: Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.
Compliment
What is one skill from theatre you can use in real life?
Example: Improv - quick thinking