World Drama
This is a famous playwright and poet from England.
Who is William Shakespeare?
BONUS: Name all 3.
What are voice, body, and imagination.
This is a trickster character commonly featured in West African and Caribbean stories.
Who is Anansi?
This sometimes includes your name, your age, your location, your height, and the role you will be auditioning for.
What is a slate?
This includes doing our best learning, keeping our bodies safe, taking care of others, and respecting props and supplies.
What is the Actor's Agreement?
This is a West African call and response chant.
What is Che Che Koolay?
Information given by an observer to an actor(s) about the quality of their performance. Can we warm or cool.
What is feedback?
A story in which a greedy man learns a lesson about wanting riches above anything else.
What is King Midas's Golden Touch or The Magic Paintbrush?
Provide an example of audition behavior that would be considered professional.
BONUS: List 3 examples.
What is arriving on time, making eye contact, saying thank you, being respectful, preparing before the audition, etc.
The number of this room.
What is EC102.
A group of actors that speak and move in unison to help tell a story.
What is a Greek chorus?
Acting without a script, commonly performed in the comedic style.
What is improvisational acting?
List three countries that were included in our "Folktales and Fables" story selections.
BONUS: Name the stories as well.
What is Japan (Momotaro), China (Magic Paintbrush), Belgium (Sugar Candy House), Greece (King Midas), Brazil (How the Rabbit Lost Its Tail), West Africa (Anansi and the Turtle), First Nations (Crow Brings Daylight), or New Zealand (Brother and Sister)?
This is a long speech by one actor in a play. Actors are typically asked to prepare one for an audition.
What is a monologue?
The question that proceeds the response, "DRAMA!"
How do you say drama?
This is the country in which one could watch a traditional Noh performance.
What is Japan?
Name one of the technical theater elements described below:
The clothing and accessories worn by actors
The structures and furniture on stage, which depict specific locations
Objects used to enhance story tellling
BONUS: Name all three.
What are(in order) costumes, sets, and props.
Mr. Rabbit lost his _______, but in the end he gained a love for ______.
What is his tail and cabbage/lettuce?
List three ways an actor might prepare for an audition.
What is memorizing a monologue, researching the play or musical, warming up their voice/body, practicing how they will perform, making sure they arrive on time.
Ms. Kirby's favorite video game character.
Who is Kirby?
A capoeira exercise that includes rocking back and forth from one foot to the other.
What is the ginga?
The staged movement of the actors in a theatrical performance.
What is blocking?
In this location, traditional folktales and fables often have animal characters.
What is West Africa?
A second round of auditions, usually used to see actors perform a scene or song together.
What is a callback?
This year, this production was performed as the Oak Hill fall play.
What is "A Mixed-Up Fairytale"?