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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






2. Someone who writes plays






3. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






4. Person who embodies a character on stage






5. Gas lights - etc.






6. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






7. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






8. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






9. Greek - actor






10. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






11. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






12. Based on the lives of the saints






13. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






14. Play reenacting biblical stories






15. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






16. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






17. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






18. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






19. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






20. Meetings before casting - brainstorming - shaping work into a unified concept






21. Ideas within the play






22. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






23. 100-499 people






24. Ideas within the play






25. A fee for each performance






26. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






27. 'Father of Realism'






28. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






29. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






30. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






31. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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32. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






33. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






34. The era we are currently in






35. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






36. Greek - actor






37. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






38. Units of action that build emotional intensity






39. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






40. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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41. Performs Actions of the Play






42. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






43. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






44. Appearance of truth






45. Proscenium arch/stage






46. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






47. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






48. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






49. Italians






50. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil