Duplicate of Intro to Theater Fall 2017 Final Review

Question 1

When a director adds a surprising element to a production, such as Romeo and Juliet in space.

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High Concept

Question 2

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

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Be awesome on Broadway

Question 3

Paperwork prepared by a set designer to show where scenery lives on stage.

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Ground Plan

Question 4

Actor's Equity is the only union in our country to have ever...

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Negotiated lower wages

Question 5

A component of scenery that is walked upon by actors.

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Platform

Question 6

Slow-paced Japanese "art of walking" theater pictured here

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Noh

Question 7

The actress pictured is performing what style of theater?

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Chinese opera

Question 8

Theater that acknowleges itself as theater

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Metatheater

Question 9

Theater space where audience can be arranged differently for different shows

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Black box

Question 10

This lighting instrument provides very focused light, like a spot light.

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LEKO/ ERS

Question 11

Theater space where all the audience view the stage from the same angle through a "4th wall".

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Proscenium

Question 12

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

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Fences

Question 13

Theater space where audience completely surrounds the stage.

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Arena

Question 14

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

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Passion Play

Question 15

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, Oedipus's brother in law and uncle.

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Creon

Question 16

What show is pictured?

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Fences

Question 17

A person who critiques a production publicly in a newspaper or blog.

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Drama Critic

Question 18

This lighting instrument provides unfocused, gooshy mood lighting.

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Fresnel

Question 19

WAITING FOR GODOT is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Theater of the Absurd

Question 20

Which show is pictured?

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Hamilton

Question 21

A painting technique that involves "throwing" droplets of paint off of the brush.

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Spatter

Question 22

Wrote and stars in HAMILTON.

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Lin-Manual Miranda

Question 23

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

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Theater of Alienation

Question 24

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, Oedipus's mother and wife.

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Jocasta

Question 25

What is Avery's PAYING job in THE PIANO LESSON?

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elevator operator

Question 26

The person in complete charge of a show after it opens.

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Stage Manager

Question 27

Director of THE LION KING.

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Julie Taymor

Question 28

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, the blind prophet.

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Tieresias

Question 29

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKEPEARE ABRIDGED is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Metatheater

Question 30

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

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Planning scenery

Question 31

Which show is pictured?

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Cinderella

Question 32

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

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Rehearsal

Question 33

A component of scenery used to make walls and sometimes ceilings.

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Flat

Question 34

Small-scale movement on stage, such as turning a page in a book.

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Business

Question 35

What style theater is shown?

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Kathakali

Question 36

The 2018 Tony Awards will take place

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On Sunday, June 10 at 8pm

Question 37

Paperwork prepared by a lighting designer to show placement of lights.

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Light Plot

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT a function of a costume design?

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Makes Actor Feel Pretty

Question 39

The more active Japanese style of theater in the picture is

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Kabuki

Question 40

THE BOOK OF MORMON is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Satire

Question 41

"Opposer of action" this character provides the main character with conflict so we have a story

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Antagonist

Question 42

The "carrier of action" and usually the main character in the play.

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Protagonist

Question 43

This lighting instrument is the newest trend in stage lighting, uses less electricity.

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LED

Question 44

To fasten a compression leg onto a platform you should use:

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Screws and a drill with a screw bit

Question 45

A director chooses to emphasize themes that were already intrinsic to the script of the show

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Core Concept

Question 46

What show is pictured?

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Warhorse

Question 47

A style of acting where the actor "lives the life of the character onstage."

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Method

Question 48

This kind of play always contains a theme of working hard to get nowhere

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Theater of Absurd

Question 49

Big movements onstage, like crossing from a door upstage right to a couch downstage left.

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Blocking

Question 50

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, Oedipus's adoptive father.

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Polybus

Question 51

In 1/4" scale, a 12'-6" wide wall would be drawn

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3 1/8"

Question 52

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Theater of Alienation

Question 53

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Expressionism

Question 54

The person who has final say over EVERY element of the production until opening night.

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Director

Question 55

This lighting instrument just points light straight ahead.

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PAR Can

Question 56

Category or kind of play.

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Genre

Question 57

Composes a large part of the participation grade for this class.

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Enthusiasm

Question 58

Which show is pictured?

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Wicked

Question 59

Which component did the book add to Aristotle's components of a tragedy?

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Convention

Question 60

Which is NOT one of Aristotle's 6 components of a tragedy?

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Conflict

Question 61

The person ultimately responsible for building all scenery for a show accurately and on time.

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Technical Director

Question 62

Which is NOT (officially) a step in the actor's routine?

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self-doubt

Question 63

Who directed Spiderman the musical?

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Julie Taymor

Question 64

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

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The producer hires and fires the director

Duplicate of Intro to Theater Fall 2017 Final Review

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Duplicate of Intro to Theater Fall 2017 Final Review

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