He was known as the First Actor

What does it mean to "Slate Yourself?"

Professionally introducing yourself before an audtion performance

What does Jason say is the main reason Medea is being exiled?

She wouldn't stop talking smack about the king

What was true about Violence in Greek plays?

No actual violence was ever shown on stage.

"Bereft" was used a lot in Medea. What does it mean?

"Deprived of" or "lacking something"

After Creon tells Medea she is exiled, she gets him to agree to WHAT?

To Let her stay ONE more day to get things in order for the children

Why is Medea so angry at the beginning of the play?

Jason has taken the King's daughter for a wife

What deal does Medea make with the Chorus in the beginning

She asks them to keep her secrets and they agree

What is "Blocking" in theatre?

Planning the movements of an act or on stage.

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1
What was the PRIMARY reason Medea ultimately decided to kill her children?
She could no longer afford to keep them
They said they hated her
Aegeus asked her to
It would hurt Jason
2
Who was THESPIS?
He was known as the First Actor
She was a playwright
He was the God of bad acting
He was the stage manager
3
Who is THIS woman?
Medusa
Hera
Sinister Sister
Medea
4
What does it mean to "Slate Yourself?"
Bowing to the audience at the end of a performance
To put together an acting portfolio with a head shot.
Explaining why you did not have time to prepare.
Professionally introducing yourself before an audtion performance
5
The number one rule of improvisation is:
Never touch other people's props
Always stay in full front body position
Don't Deny/Say Yes
Take a long time to think
6
What 2 musicals did Lin Manuel Miranda create?
In the Heights and Hamilton
Hamilton and Fiddler on the Roof
Hamilton and Wicked
Dear Evan Hansen and Cats
7
What is an Oracle?
An ancient prison guard
A half goat, half man creature
The God of children's souls
A type of fortune teller
8
Deus ex machina means
within the living
machine is man
God in the machine
in water there is heath
9
Medea was an outsider who was considered to be a WHAT by most Greeks
Barbarian
Martyr
Goddess
Oracle
10
What does Jason say is the main reason Medea is being exiled?
She refused to potty-train her sons
She wouldn't stop talking smack about the king
She was too beautiful
She wouldn't give him more children
11
What was true about Violence in Greek plays?
Violence was depicted with intricate special effects
No actual violence was ever shown on stage.
Greek actors lost their lives in accidents
Audience would cheer gory acts
12
In Medea, Who does the Chorus Represent?
The Women of Cornith
Jason's "Boyz"
Medea's Subconscious
The Gods and Goddesses
13
"Bereft" was used a lot in Medea. What does it mean?
To "fight the urge to chop something up"
"Colorful, like a unicorn"
"Deprived of" or "lacking something"
"Just behind the left"
14
After Creon tells Medea she is exiled, she gets him to agree to WHAT?
To cash her outside, how bout that?
To marry her and let her rule the country
To Let her stay ONE more day to get things in order for the children
To letting her raise her children in the palace
15
Why is Medea so angry at the beginning of the play?
The Chorus is splicing her cable box
Her children will not clean their rooms
Jason has taken the King's daughter for a wife
Her brother came back from the dead to haunt her
16
What deal does Medea make with the Chorus in the beginning
That she will teach them magic
She asks them to keep her secrets and they agree
That she will kill them if they tell on her
They agree to help her murder her children
17
How did Medea Kill Jason?
An enchanted crown that caught fire
With her enchanted Sword
She didn't
She poisoned him
18
The THING a character WANTS in a scene is called their
Wish
Objective
Obstacle
Compelling
19
Who swore to allow Medea into his land after her exile from Cornith?
Aegeus
Pelias
Zeus
Achilles
20
How did Medea make her dramatic escape?
In a puff of smoke
In the back of Aegeus's Benz
On a Unicorn
In a Chariot
21
Who wrote Medea?
Oedipus
Eurpiedes
Sophocles
Antigone
22
What caught fire and burned the Princess?
Medea's wand
Creon's cape
The enchanted crown / gown
Her lipstick
23
What is the second rule (#2) of improvisation?
Say Yes, AND add detail
Say whatever you want
Tell jokes
Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
24
What happened to the bodies of the Children?
They burned with the castle
They were brought to life by an oracle
Jason buried them
Medea took them to bury
25
This man is Mr. Fitz's doppleganger
True
False
26
Who is the KING of Corinth? (The land the play is set in)
Klingon
Pelius
Creon
Kremlin
27
What is "Blocking" in theatre?
Planning the movements of an act or on stage.
Preparing the parking lot for an audience
Changing a costume during a performance
What a mime does she is in a box
28
Dionysus is the god of...
Warriors
Temperance, Prayer and Sleep
Art
Wine, Theatre and Debauchary
29
The methods a character uses to get what they want are called
Solutions
Burdens
Tactics
Blocks

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