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Terms
Terms, again
Genres
Genres, again
Bonus
100
The direction an actor takes when moving away from the audience
What is upstage?
100
The direction the actor moves when moving towards the audience
What is downstage?
100
This is the "soap opera" type of play; there is a heavy emphasis on the emotions of the characters
What is Sentimental Drama?
100
The genre of Anton Chekov's "The Boor"
What is Comedy of Manners?
100
An acting technique that involves ad-libbing, reacting with no preconceived idea of what will happen
What is Improv?
200
The area where the sets and props are made and painted
What is the Shop?
200
The strongest place on stage for an actor to stand
What is downcenter?
200
This is situation comedy - the acting style is realistic but comic
What is Sentimental Comedy?
200
America's contribution to the field of theatrical genres; plays that include song and dance
What are Musicals?
200
When you are already on stage when the scene begins & another actor walks on stage to find you
What is "to be discovered?"
300
The area above the stage where the scenes and curtains are moved in from
What is the Fly?
300
The meaning of "CX" in "CXDR2"
What is counter cross?
300
In this type of comedy the playwright pokes fun at current social customs and fashions - perhaps in an effort to change current thought and behavior
What is Satire?
300
This genre is usually identified by its underlying theme of the meaningless nature or absurdity of life; acting style is theatrical and comic
What is Theatre of the Absurd?
300
The seats behind the orchestra seating, the second tier (between the Orchestra Seating & the Balcony)
What is Mezzanine?
400
The lines that indicate visibility of onstage and backstage areas from the audience's point of view
What are sight lines?
400
A section of the stage that extends forward in front of the main curtain
What is the apron?
400
This genre is where you'd see slapstick, like slipping on a banana peel; the acting style is very physical and exaggerated
What is Farce?
400
In this genre the plot is the most important element and characters tend to be flat; i.e. mysteries
What is Melodrama?
500
To adopt an onstage body position that is perhaps more open than one would adopt in reality - so that the audience can still see the actor
What is "to cheat"?
500
The opening through which the audience views the stage of a Proscenium Theatre
What is the proscenium arch?
500
This genre is similar to Satire, but it's a very serious look at current issues
What is Social Drama?
500
One of the oldest types of drama (Sophocles, Shakespeare wrote some); the opposite of "Comedy"
What is Tragedy?
500
The element of a play that is the ending point at which loose ends are tied up
What is Denouement?