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A review of key #theatreterms from the #communitycollege text #theatreexperience
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1
Which is NOT a job of the dramaturg?
Researches time period of the play
Helps promote publicity for the play
Consults playwrights & directors
Writes program notes
2
Experimental works of art are known as:
Avant Garde
Geico
Progressive
En Garde
3
In a proscenium theatre, the audience is looking into the world of the play through...
Realism
Aesthetic Distance
The Fourth Wall
Little Opera Binoculars
4
Which is true of Off-Broadway Theatre?
Began in the 1950s as an alternative to Broadway
Answer 1 & 2
None of the above
Produces classics & experimental work
5
Identify the type of stage pictured here.
Greek
Thrust
Theatre-In-The-Round
Proscenium
6
An acting company that performs a series of plays, sometimes between 4-12 weeks.
Broadway Theatre
Participatory Theatre
Observed Theatre
Repertory
7
True/False: A thrust stage "thrusts" into the house and is surrounded by audience on 3 sides.
TRUE
FALSE
8
Similar to a reviewer, this person analyzes theatre (but usually has more knowledge or status).
Dramaturg
Blogger
Critic
Previewer
9
What is an orchestra?
None are true!
In Ancient Greece, it was where the actors performed.
Both A and B
In America today, its the ground floor audience seating.
10
What term means a movement from the present to the past ?
Acid Flashback
Soliloquy
Monologue
Flashback
11
Which of the following is FALSE about Broadway?
Refers to the oldest professional theatre in NYC
Exact replicas of their shows tour the rest of the country
From 1920-1950s, most new plays premiered there
Began in the 1800s with Ibsen & the emergence of realism
12
Which is TRUE of street theatre?
Usually performs the work of Shakespeare
Performed on the streets of Broadway
Typically high-budget productions
None of these are true!
13
What is a sign, image, or object that signifies something else?
Symbol
Simple
Signal
Cymbal
14
In what type of theatre is the audience PARTICIPATING with their imagination....?
Street Theatre
Participatory Theatre
Guerilla Theatre
Observed Theatre
15
Black Box Theatre is a basic stage space which can fit proscenium, arena, or thrust staging.
TRUE
FALSE
16
A person from a newspaper or TV station that describes a theatrical event and gives an opinion.
Dramaturg
Reviewer
Anton Ego
Anton Chekhov
17
Audience members participate vicariously or empathetically with what's happening onstage in:
Participatory Theatre
Flashback
Observed Theatre
Aesthetic Distance
18
Questions a person asks while watching a theatrical performance.
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Symbolic Questions
Critical Criteria
Dramaturgical Questions
19
"Going along" with the sometimes unbelievable nature of art is another way of saying what term?
Avant Garde
Critical Criteria
Symbolism
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
20
Which kind of performance relies on dance, gesture and movement without speech?
Charades
Dabbing
Pantomime
Clowning
21
True or False: the "house" is where the audience sits....ANSWER IN 5 SECONDS!
FALSE
TRUE
22
Which style of theatre presents people and events from everyday life?
Flashback
Farce
Realism
Observed Theatre
23
Multimedia Theatre combines the following with theatre:
None of the Above
Both film and art
Art
Film
24
A theatre company producing a season of plays and musicals.
Broadway Theatre
Off-Broadway Theatre
Resident Professional Theatre
Observed Theatre
25
According to the text, in which type of inexpensive space do Off-Off-Broadway theatres operate?
Church
Loft
All of the above
Basements & Warehouses
26
What is the necessary separation an audience needs to appreciate a work of art?
Artistic Illusion
Artistic Distance
Aesthetic Distance
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
27
True/False: A raked stage is flat and perpendicular to the curtain line.
FALSE
TRUE
28
Parts of a play that do NOT correspond to everyday life; goes deeper than the surface...
Pantomime
Nonrealism
Dramaturgy
Broadway Theatre
29
What is a speech given by a character giving their inner thoughts and reflections?
Pantomime
Soliloquy
Flashback
Speech
30
When the audience completely surrounds the stage, it is called:
Circle Theatre
All of the above
Arena Staging
Theatre-In-The-Round
