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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






2. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






3. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






4. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






5. Handles business aspects of show






6. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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






9. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






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


11. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






12. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






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






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






16. The area farthest away from the audience






17. Who or what opposes the central character






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






19. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






22. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






23. Central character






24. Seats 100-500; professional






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






26. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle


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






28. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






29. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






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






31. Body - voice - mind


32. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






35. Standard tool for casting productions






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


37. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






40. Greatest dramatist of all time






41. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






43. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area






44. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






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






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






48. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






50. Planned actor movement