Theater Appreciation Exam 1

what type of stage has the audience on three sides

thrust

the 2 most noted organizations that handle the rights and royalties for plays and playwrights are

dramatists play service and samuel french inc

which is not one of the four major categories of shakespeare's plays

melodramas

bill bowers studied under what famous french mime

marcel marceau

unlike film and television

theatre moves at its own pace through

which is an example of a possible "given circumstance" of a character

All of the above

what is another name for an arena stage

theatre in the round

what is an example of an actor's instrument?

voice

what do the letters LORT stand for

league of resident theatres

if a theater in NYC has 199 seats

what contract with this theater fall under

what play written by august wilson was used to show different acting and directing choices in a scene performed by both james earl jones and denzel washington

fences

the two hypothetical extremes discussed in class about how a director might approach the test of a play are the heretical director and the ___ director

worshipful

a type of theater that is not considered an example of amateur theater is

off off broadway

what does not belong in this equation: theater = __ + ___ + ___?

script

in general

___ is an activity where some people do something while other people watch

which playwright wrote the pittsburgh cycle

a series of 10 plays that include jitney

bill bowers said that one possible origin of the traditional "white face" mime came from the story of the baker's son

who got __ thrown in his face

who is teachings are considered to be the foundation for the american acting technique

konstantin stanislaavski

___ is the stage movement created by a collaboration between the actor and the director

blocking

the paradox of an actor: to be convincing the actor must

lie

the collection of theater artist founded by Lee Strasberg Harold Claremon and Cheryl are called the ___ theater

Group collective

the director unifies and binds all elements of a production together into a cohesive whole in both interpretation and

presentation

which actor training system is primarily taught here at rutgers mason gross theater program

meisner

in bill bowers mime performance called "the silver dollar saloon" what was the only physical prop that he used

cowboy hat

why is it important to always shut off your cell phone before the show starts and also when you come back from intermission

all of the above

___ are payments to playwrights for permission to produce their play

royalties

entrances and exits leading to the stage that come from underneath the audience are called

VOMS

the censorship and or removal of material from a text that is considered vulgar improper

or offensive is called

As an example of script analysis professor bender use the opening scene in what shakespeare's play

hamlet

in bill bowers mime performance called montana moon what did he lasso with a rope

the moon

____ is a place in times square

manhattan that offers discount tickets to the evenings performance supplied by producers trying to increase sales

what type of indoor theater space allows the flexibility to use any type of stage configuration and place the audience wherever you wish

blackbox

what is not one of the three characteristics discussed in class that most actor trading systems have in common

physical therapy

one way actors learn how to express emotion with their bodies without the use of their facial expressions is to do

neutral mask work

playwrights that write the dialogue from musicals not the words in the songs are called

book writers

the phrase "living truthfully

under the given imaginary circumstance" is associated most with the actor trading system known as

any action mentioned in the plays dialogue that reveals any incident or action that took place before the current action of the play is called

exposition

in mime

the sharp and quick movement of the hand as it meets the wall is called

what famous playwright does professor bender share a birthday with on april 23

william shakespeare

the 2 extreme types of actors are the technician and

inspirational

in the stanislavski system of acting

what is the term used to describe all the characters goals and needs in the play

everything that delineates or defines the special world of the play are the ___. the 3 kinds are previous action environmental facts and polar attitudes

given circumstances

at the beginning of the directing lecture

liz diamond

the opening scene of shakespeares hamelet was used by prof bender as an example of how an actor learned information about a play through

script analysis

___ write all the words in a musical both spoken and sung

librettists