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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






2. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






3. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






4. Directors who operate with total control






5. Creates a visual home for the play






6. Scenery






7. Fee for each performance






8. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






9. 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






10. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






11. 'dancing space'






12. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






13. When line of action suddenly switches






14. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






16. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






17. Planned actor movement






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






19. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






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






21. Physical commedy






22. Directors who operate with total control






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






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






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






26. When line of action suddenly switches






27. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






28. First director






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






30. A musical play that tells a story and has spoken words as well as songs






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






32. Fee for each performance






33. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






34. Actor in 5th century Greece






35. Seats 500-1800; professional.






36. Sentences/paragraph structure






37. Director champions intention of playwright






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






39. 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






40. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






41. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






42. A movement of the late 19th century championing the depiction of everyday life on the stage and the frank treatment of social problems in the theatre. The plays of Henrick Ibsen of the 1870s were important in establishing a dramatic style for realism






43. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






44. Body - voice - mind

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45. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government






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






47. The area farthest away from the audience






48. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






49. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






50. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets