Symmetrical balance is:

Equal balance and an equal number of actors on both sides of the stage.

What is the stage manager responsible for?

Cast attendance, Maintaining the prompt book

A Russian director who co founded the Moscow theatre

To produce a play, a theatre company must do this first:

Write the publisher for permission to produce the play

Wrote absurdism plays like Waiting for Godot

Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself

Aesthetic balance is:

A psychological balance where there's an impression of a balance.

What is the tech director responsible for?

Moving scenery, Backstage hands, Running crews

What is meant by: "All movement must be motivated or justified?"

Physical action must have a purpose

Words spoken by a character as you listen

Used above the proscenium hangs down from top

Asymmetrical balance is:

A lighter figure is on one side balancing a heavier figure on the other.

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1
If a designer wants a lightning instrument that can produce an adjustable (large or small) pool of light should use a:
PAR can
Fresnel
Border strip
Scoop
2
A playwright of the Greek period who best known for comedy is Aristophanes
True
False
3
Sense memory is:
None of the above
Where an actor gets a sense of the script
A technique in which the actor recreates and event in their mind
Remembering your cues during a rehearsal
4
Acting teacher who wrote Respect for Acting and A Challenge for the actor:
Uta Hagan
Shakespeare
Tennesee Williams
Lee Strasberg
5
Cheating out:
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Pitch
Symmetrical balance
Positioning yourself towards the audience
6
Major dramatists like Arthur Miller & Hendrick Ibsen wrote in the style of realism
True
False
7
Agnes De mille: Used ballet to advance the plot in oklahoma
True
False
8
A cue is:
Last few words of a speech that precedes yours
Precise staging in a play
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
9
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
10
Blocking is:
None of the above
Words spoken by a character as you listen
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
Precise staging in a play
11
Who is the father of tragedy??
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Sophicles
Aristotle
12
What is the stage manager responsible for?
Creating special FX
Backstage hands
Cast attendance
Maintaining the prompt book
13
A framed painting hung on the set for a shows duration is categorized as a:
Decorative prop
Set prop
Hand prop
None of the above
14
Stansilavski:
A Russian director who co founded the Moscow theatre
A French playwright who wrote Tartuffe
He created the Method acting technique
An Englishman who founded the Globe
15
To produce a play, a theatre company must do this first:
Write the publisher for permission to produce the play
Pay the royalties
Hold auditions for roles
Order the correct number or scripts
16
Sam Beckett:
Wrote about relationships like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Glass Menagerie, etc
Wrote absurdism plays like Waiting for Godot
None of the above
Wrote satire like Tartuffe
17
A thrust stage has 3 sides
False
True
18
An actor who uses a prop to define his/her character and situation creates:
Stage business
A cross
Blocking
Upstaging
19
Lazzi comes from the art form Commedia Del Arte
False
True
20
Who wrote realism plays like A Dolls House?
Moliere
Sam Beckett
None of the above
Hendrik Ibsen
21
Upstaging is:
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
Last few words of a speech that precedes yours
Precise staging in a play
Words spoken by a character as you listen
22
The style of words VS. how you pronounce them is:
Diction vs. Articulation
Articulation vs. Pitch
Diction vs. Projection
Inflection vs. Pitch
23
Aesthetic balance is:
Equal balance and an equal number of actors on both sides of the stage.
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.
None of the above.
24
An Englishman who founded the Globe:
Tennesee Williams
Lee Strasberg
Shakespeare
Uta Hagan
25
Is a royalty a fee?
False
True
26
What is the tech director responsible for?
Checking out the costumes
Moving scenery
Backstage hands
Running crews
27
A Russian director who co founded the Moscow Art theatre:
Tennesee Williams
Uta Hagan
None of the above
Shakespeare
28
Major Dramatists such as Breacht wrote plays in the style of Absuridsm
False
True
29
What is the denouncement of a play?
The conflict
The resolution
The exposition
The climax
30
An arena stage has the audience on all 4 sides
True
False
31
The raked stage was introduced during the Renaissance period
False
True
32
What is a cyclorama curtain used for??
None of the above
Hangs upstage of the apron
Used above the proscenium hangs down from the top
Used to project lights/images
33
Moliere:
Wrote realism plays
Wrote satire like Tartuffe
Wrote about relationships
Wrote absurdism plays
34
What theatre activity represents a method of character development?
Creating an actors journal
Rehearsal the playwrights stage directions
Learning dialogue
Learning blocking
35
What is meant by: "All movement must be motivated or justified?"
Physical actions must be intense
Physical stage action must be emotionally based
Physical action must have a purpose
Physical action must be written in the script
36
Dramaturg: Resesearch the play
False
True
37
What is an aside?
Last few words spoken by a character of a speech that precedes yours
Drawing the attention of the audience to yourself
None of the above
Words spoken by a character as you listen
38
The Greek age of theatre staged plays in amphitheatres
False
True
39
Teaser:
The events that change the course of a play
None of the above
The curtain that hangs upstage of the apron that opens & closes on act
Used above the proscenium hangs down from top
40
Asymmetrical balance is:
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
Equal balance and an equal number of actors on both sides of the stage.
41
A thrust stage has 2 sides
False
True
42
Renaissance means Rebirth
False
True
43
What are tongue twister exercises designed to improve?
Projection
Inflection
Articulation
A cross
44
What is the house manager responsible for?
Running crews
Cast attendance
Audience comfort
Backstage hands
45
Who created the Method acting technique?
Stansilavski
Tennesee Williams
Uta Hagan
Lee Strasberg

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