Theater 2/3 CFE Review

Which Greek playwright is known as the "Father of Comedy?"

What civilization created theater the way we know it today?

What type of play is Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"

What is the number 1 rule of improvisation?

What is improvisation?

Which type of shoe is best to wear during rehearsals?

Who was the queen of England during the first part of Shakespeare's career?

What is the name of the main curtain at the front of the stage?

What religion influenced theater after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Which Greek playwright is known as the "father of tragedy"?

Type of poem Shakespeare is known for writing, consisting of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter:

What MUST you wear when working with a saw?

What type of play is Shakespeare's "Henry VIII?"

Who is the Greek god of the theater and has a festival dedicated to him?

Term for a playwright’s legal ownership and control over their play:

The piece of fabric hung at the very back of the theater and used for sky and background lighting effects:

An actor is standing alone in a corner of the stage, looking down and away from other: What emotion is being shown?

Speaking with crispness and clarity (making sure every word is distinct from each other):

What Shakespeare tragedy is the famous "To be or not to be..." monologue from?

What huge change happened to the world of theater in the 1700s?

How might a lighting designer create a gloomy or sad feel in a scene?

The event that sets the main character on the journey that will occupy them throughout the story:

Speaking something in the most ‘commonly accepted’ way (Creek v. crick; roof v. ruff v. rough):

The particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point:

A type of theater famous in Italy during the Renaissance, consisting of comedic scenarios and stock characters?

During the Middle Ages, why was theater banned for a period of time?

What was the group of masked background actors in Greek theater?

What is the name of the festival dedicated to the Greek god of the theater?

Who is in charge of creating the dance numbers in a production?

What type of curtain can change appearance depending on if it's being lit from the front or the back?

The group of actors in a production in the background and dance numbers, and usually don't have spoken lines:

Welcomes audience members to the theater and helps them find their seats

What piece of equipment is being used in this image?

The gap between a viewer's conscious reality and the fictional reality presented in a work of art:

Greek stage mechanic/special effect that means "god from the machine"

What area of the theater is where the audience sits?

The very end of a story, where all the different plotlines are finally tied up and all questions answered:

In what NYC borough is the Broadway theater district located?

The Church used theater as a way to spread its message primarily because...

Type of poem Shakespeare is known for writing, consisting of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter:

What was the name of the theater that Shakespeare performed most of his plays at?

Women were forbidden to perform onstage in England until what year?

Who was the king of England during the second part of Shakespeare's career?

English playwright known for works such as Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream:

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, why can't the two young lovers be together?

Which actor in a production usually has the most lines and time on stage?

A form of theater where the actor only uses their body and face, not their voice

The type of theater most common/popular in the 20th century:

A director tells one actor to be sitting, another to stand, and another to lean over: What are they creating?

Who is in charge of the full artistic vision of a production?

What did Greek actors use to portray different characters?

What type of play is Shakespeare's "MacBeth?"

The background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story:

The plastic filter put in front of a light's beam to create a specific color:

Which actor usually has the second most lines and time on stage?

What are the fees that are paid to perform a specific play or musical?

Shakespeare wrote comedies and tragedies but never historical plays.

Who was one of the theater's first women playwrights?

Who is in charge of running a theater company and putting on a production?

What are the big black curtains that separate areas in the wings called?

What was something theater in the Middle Ages did that hadn't really been done before?

The thin metal plate carved to produce a design which is then projected by a spotlight (ex: trees, leaves, jail bars)

In what time period was theater based in the church and religious practices?

A theater company is a business and needs to bring in enough money to do the following: