Rules of Theatre
This is the first rule of improv.
What is, "yes, and"?
When and where a play takes place (very important to consider in design!)
What is setting?
This musical about furry friends was made into a (terrifying) movie in 2019.
What is Cats?
This is a title that people commonly use to refer to Shakespeare, as well as a class in Dungeons and Dragons.
Who is The Bard?
This is where we sit in solemn silence...
where is on a dull dark dock?
This is what we say about being offstage: "If you can see the audience..."
What is, "the audience can see you"?
Name a purpose of wearing stage makeup.
What is: not being washed out from stage lights, making facial features visible from the stage, looking more like your character (any one of these)
This retelling of the Wizard of Oz did not win the Tony award for best musical, losing to Avenue Q.
What is Wicked?
This is the name of Shakespeare's world-famous round theatre house.
What is the Globe Theatre?
The name of our homeroom
What is Crestwood?
The number one thing we say you CANNOT bring backstage
What is your phone?
This word is used to describe the type of emotion a set design conveys.
What is mood?
The title of this musical shouldn't be said three times in a row, or else you will summon the title character!
What is Beetlejuice!
This is the metric foot in which Shakespeare wrote most of his sonnets and plays.
What is iambic pentameter?
Ellie and Cameron's zodiac sign
This name of a Shakespeare play cannot be said inside a theatre, as it is said to cause bad luck. (bonus points if you know what we call this play instead of its original name!)
What is Macbeth? (100 bonus points if you said The Scottish Play)
List four types of design in theatre.
What is: set design, makeup design, costume design, lighting, sound, projection, props
This musical is about the French Revolution.
What is Les Misérables?
This animated Disney movie is actually an adaptation of the play Hamlet.
What is The Lion King?
Cameron's typical call to attention- name it and do it!
What is *claps 5 times, stomps 4 times, stomp stomp clap clap SHEEEEESH*?
List three things you CAN bring with you backstage.
What are your water bottle, your script, yourself, your props, a quiet fidget
This stage direction is at the back of the stage on the audience's left side.
What is upstage right?
This musical, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is not the one you're thinking of. No, not that one either. THIS musical is only 14 minutes long, and is the true story of a cop who went undercover in a high school.
What is 21 Chump Street?
List the titles of three Shakespeare plays.
What are: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Othello, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc.
Name the three counselors for Theatre Features ages 5-7.
Who are Sloane, Jac, and Claire?