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Upstaging is:
Who created the Method acting technique?
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Who created the Method acting technique?
Uta Hagan
Stansilavski
Lee Strasberg
Tennesee Williams
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Upstaging is:
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
Precise staging in a play
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Last few words of a speech that precedes yours
3
Symmetrical balance is:
Equal balance and an equal number of actors on both sides of the stage.
A lighter figure is on one side balancing a heavier figure on the other.
A psychological balance where there's a impression of balance.
None of the above
4
What is an aside?
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
None of the above
Last few words spoken by a character of a speech that precedes yours
Words spoken by a character as you listen
5
An Englishman who founded the Globe:
Tennesee Williams
Lee Strasberg
Shakespeare
Uta Hagan
6
The Greek age of theatre staged plays in amphitheatres
True
False
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What theatre activity represents a method of character development?
Learning blocking
Creating an actors journal
Learning dialogue
Rehearsal the playwrights stage directions
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To produce a play, a theatre company must do this first:
Pay the royalties
Order the correct number or scripts
Write the publisher for permission to produce the play
Hold auditions for roles
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Asymmetrical balance is:
A psychological balance where there's a impression of balance.
A lighter figure is on one side balancing a heavier figure on the other.
None of the above
Equal balance and an equal number of actors on both sides of the stage.
10
Renaissance means Rebirth
False
True
11
Major Dramatists such as Breacht wrote plays in the style of Absuridsm
True
False
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What are tongue twister exercises designed to improve?
A cross
Articulation
Projection
Inflection
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Is a royalty a fee?
True
False
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Stansilavski:
A French playwright who wrote Tartuffe
He created the Method acting technique
An Englishman who founded the Globe
A Russian director who co founded the Moscow theatre
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Sense memory is:
Remembering your cues during a rehearsal
None of the above
A technique in which the actor recreates and event in their mind
Where an actor gets a sense of the script
16
A thrust stage has 3 sides
True
False
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Blocking is:
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
None of the above
Precise staging in a play
18
What is the denouncement of a play?
The resolution
The conflict
The exposition
The climax
19
Major dramatists like Arthur Miller & Hendrick Ibsen wrote in the style of realism
True
False
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What is the tech director responsible for?
Running crews
Checking out the costumes
Backstage hands
Moving scenery
21
Aesthetic balance is:
None of the above.
A psychological balance where there's an impression of a balance.
A lighter figure is on one side balancing a heavier figure on the other.
Equal balance and an equal number of actors on both sides of the stage.
22
Dramaturg: Resesearch the play
True
False
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Agnes De mille: Used ballet to advance the plot in oklahoma
False
True
24
A framed painting hung on the set for a shows duration is categorized as a:
None of the above
Set prop
Hand prop
Decorative prop
25
A thrust stage has 2 sides
False
True
26
Moliere:
Wrote realism plays
Wrote satire like Tartuffe
Wrote absurdism plays
Wrote about relationships
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A playwright of the Greek period who best known for comedy is Aristophanes
True
False
28
Teaser:
The events that change the course of a play
None of the above
Used above the proscenium hangs down from top
The curtain that hangs upstage of the apron that opens & closes on act
29
The style of words VS. how you pronounce them is:
Diction vs. Projection
Inflection vs. Pitch
Diction vs. Articulation
Articulation vs. Pitch
30
What is the stage manager responsible for?
Creating special FX
Backstage hands
Maintaining the prompt book
Cast attendance
31
What is meant by: "All movement must be motivated or justified?"
Physical action must have a purpose
Physical stage action must be emotionally based
Physical actions must be intense
Physical action must be written in the script
32
An actor who uses a prop to define his/her character and situation creates:
Upstaging
A cross
Blocking
Stage business
33
A Russian director who co founded the Moscow Art theatre:
Shakespeare
Tennesee Williams
None of the above
Uta Hagan
34
Who wrote realism plays like A Dolls House?
Sam Beckett
Moliere
Hendrik Ibsen
None of the above
35
Who is the father of tragedy??
Aeschylus
Sophicles
Aristophanes
Aristotle
36
Lazzi comes from the art form Commedia Del Arte
True
False
37
Sam Beckett:
Wrote absurdism plays like Waiting for Godot
None of the above
Wrote about relationships like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Glass Menagerie, etc
Wrote satire like Tartuffe
38
What is a cyclorama curtain used for??
None of the above
Used to project lights/images
Used above the proscenium hangs down from the top
Hangs upstage of the apron
39
What is the house manager responsible for?
Running crews
Cast attendance
Backstage hands
Audience comfort
40
Acting teacher who wrote Respect for Acting and A Challenge for the actor:
Uta Hagan
Tennesee Williams
Shakespeare
Lee Strasberg
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An arena stage has the audience on all 4 sides
True
False
42
A cue is:
Precise staging in a play
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
Last few words of a speech that precedes yours
43
The raked stage was introduced during the Renaissance period
True
False
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Cheating out:
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Positioning yourself towards the audience
Symmetrical balance
Pitch
45
If a designer wants a lightning instrument that can produce an adjustable (large or small) pool of light should use a:
Fresnel
PAR can
Border strip
Scoop
