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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
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1. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






2. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






3. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






4. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre






5. Second round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






6. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






7. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






8. Secondary line of action






9. 'dancing space'






10. Designs costumes for the show






11. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






12. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






13. Appearance of truth






14. Oversees artistic aspects of show






15. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






16. Sentences/paragraph structure






17. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






18. Commercial (meant to make profit). Non-profit (profits go to production of future plays. May be professional or amateur.)






19. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






20. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






21. When line of action suddenly switches






22. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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23. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






24. Who or what opposes the central character






25. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






26. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre






27. When line of action suddenly switches






28. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






29. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






30. Named after craftsmen. Had travelling players - masked performers - physical comedy - and stock characters

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31. Spoken words






32. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






33. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






34. God of wine and fertility






35. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






36. Director champions intention of playwright






37. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






38. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






39. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






40. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






41. Was in favor of theater






42. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






43. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






44. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production






45. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production






46. Action - place - time






47. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






48. Scenery






49. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






50. Attempts to represent reality on stage







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