Give the name of one of the playwrights highlighted in your text and one of their plays
Group discussion
100
Lee Strasberg developed this type of acting style based on Stanislavsky's teachings
What is method acting
100
Give the name of one of the books written by Konstantin Stanislavsky
Group Discussion
100
This person hires the director, as well as, generates the money for the play.
What is a producer
100
The directors unifying idea for how the play should be done
What is concept
200
Relates to an author's skill in eliminating or consolidating characters, events, locales, and words in the service of compression.
What is Economy
200
The primary process by which actors receive roles. The time when the actor has the opportunity to demonstrate how well they can fulfill the role they are trying to get.
What is auditions
200
Stanislavsky believed that actors must base their performance in pursuing the characters __________.
What is tasks
200
Give the two phases of directorial functions
What is preparation and implementation
200
The film version of Romeo and Juliet that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is an example of which type of directorial concept?
What is high concept
300
This person wrote Angels in America
Who is Tony Kushner
300
The element of the actor's instrument that rules all the others. This element keeps actors within established bounds and at the same time ensures artistic agility.
What is discipline
300
Term for the character's "problem"
What is zadacha
300
In the implementation phase, this is when the director essentially positions the acctors on the set and moves them about in theatrically effective manner (blocking).
What is staging
300
In its simplest form this can be nothing more than moving a play out of the period in which it was set and placing it in another. This is the creation of a production that transcends the plays' original conventions and presents them in profound, moving, new, and uniquely illuminating ways that make references to current issues.
What is high concept
400
The three elements of the playwrights process
What is Dialogue, Conflict, and Structure
400
During this time in the actor's routine, the actor learns the role and investigates, among other things, the subtext of the play, the character's objectives, and the world envisioned bhy the play and the playwright. The time when the actor learns all blocking and business.
What is rehearsal.
400
Every move an actor makes onstage must be seen to correspond with wha the character is striving to achieve. These are called....
What is motivations
400
This happens during the preparation phase of the directorial functions. It is influenced by the director's interest, the interest of the intended audience, and the capability of the producer and the director to acquire, conceptualize, and produce the play.
What is play selection
400
The director's determination of the most important of the many images, ideas, and emotions that should emerge from the play.
What is core concept
500
This person is an award winning playwright and a professor at FAMU. He came to speak to our class.
Who is James Webb
500
The first element of the actors physiological instrument. This element allows actors to communicate with the audience.
What is voice and speech
500
Mentally substituting remembered situations from the actor's own life into the action of the play in order to allow the actor to reach the emotional levels the play requires.
What is emotional recall
500
This occurs in the final rehearsals and involves the bringing together of the concept and the designs, the acting and the staging, the pace and the performance.
What is coordinating
500
The highest-priority image, idea, or emotion that will give the production shape, meaning, importance, and momentum. It will help the audience clarify what the play is "about" or what it "means."