Intro to Theater

A production that emphasizes themes that were already anintrinsic part of the script.

What kind of theater is pictured?

Theperson who provides money for a production and hires and fires the director.

The style of theater space where the audience surrounds 3/4 of the stage.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three steps of an actors routine?

This component of scenery is used to make raisedfloors and walkable surfaces.

Which of the options is NOT something that the director is responsible for?

The Shakespeare play where Prospero controls an island with his magic stick is:

A person who critiques a play publicly, sometimes by writing a newspaper article about it.

A play that tells the story of a god who dies and then rises from the dead is called a

Thislighting instrument provides unfocused, gooshy mood lighting

The actor's union is the only union in the country to do what?

Style of theater that is a flexible space so the audience seating can be altered between shows.

The woman in the picture is performing what kind of theater?

Paperwork prepared by a lighting designer to communicate when instrumentsturn on and off

A drafting that shows placement of scenery... like a map with a view from the top.

Small-scalemovement on stage, such as turning a page in a book

When the director's concept includes a surprising twist that offers new life to a show.

A person who critiques a production privately as part of the production’s creative team.

The category or kind of play.

Who is in charge of the show after opening night?

Inthe play Oedipus Rex, this person is Oedipus’s brother in law and uncle

What style of theater ALWAYS contains the theme of working hard to get nowhere?

In THE PIANO LESSON, what is carved into the piano?

The beginning part of the play, which provides context for things to come

Directorof THE LION KING.

The big movements in a play, like crossing from a door upstage right to a couchdownstage left.

The style of playing space you might call a "normal theater" with all the audience on one side.

The“opposer of action,” this character provides the main character with conflict

The newest trend, this kind of light uses much less electricity than its conventional friends.

This light is the most "focusable" of all the instruments and can use gobos to cast patterns.

What kind of theater was written by Brecht and advocated for the plight of the common man?

The play that won the costume Tony because of a magical onstage dress change is:

Thestyle of physical theater space where the audience completely surrounds theacting space.

The slow-paced "art of walking" theater pictured below is:

What style of theater is presentational and recognizes itself as theater as part of the act?

The resolution of the action in a play.

A piece of paperwork prepared by a lighting designer to show placement of lighting instruments

In THE PIANO LESSON what does Boy Willie DO to earn money?

This light points straight ahead (like a headlight), and is the most simple instrument.

Guy credited with developing THE METHOD and who wrote the book on it, called AN ACTOR PREPARES

Astyle of acting where the actor “lives the life of the character onstage”

What is the relationship between the director and producer? (According to the book)

What does a play need to do to win a Tony award?

Which is NOT one of the four functions of a costume design covered in our book?

Oneof the three major parts of scenery, this part is used to make wallsand sometimes ceilings.

The“carrier of action” and is usually the main character in a play

Which of the below is NOT a component of the actor's instrument?

Which of the following "components of a tragedy" is the 7th added by the book to Aristotle's 6?

The Wilson play, where a father tells his son he owes him rather than loves him is:

In Oedipus Rex, this person is the wife/ mother of Oedipus