Drama 6-12 FTCE

If applying Richard Bolesavsky's advice regarding character development as written in his book, Acting: The First Six Lessons, an acting could would instruct and actor to

Allow the character to evolve throughout the rehearsal process

Which activity would enhance a student's cold reading skills?

reading unfamiliar material aloud

Which would be an appropriate selection for a 14 year old girl looking for an audition monologue?

Frankie, The Member of the Wedding

When adapting a state performance for film, an actor should

minimize gestures

Mary Jane, who is playing the lead in the spring production, is exhibiting stage fright in the dressing room before curtain time. Which technique would reduce her performance anxiety?

breathing exercises

Sarah Smith is selecting a monologue for a performance. To assist her with the selection, the teacher should consider Sarah's

age, vocal quality, and skill level

Which educational opportunity would be most beneficial to someone seeking a career in costume design?

apprenticeship in an Equity theatre costume shop

Which activity would most improve listening skills?

passing a whispered rumor

Which organization promotes secondary school involvement in theatre?

International Thespians Society

Which source would contain the latest technical information necessary to light a show for special effects?

Theatre Crafts

Working in pairs, one student plays the role of the mirror and the other plays the role of the person standing in front of the mirror. Which creative drama approach is being used?

theatre game

A female high school student is cast as a mother in a play. The director asks her to go home and watch her mother perform daily routine activities. Which method of creative dramatics has been described?

Observation

What is the correct sequence in the construction of a basic flat?

construct flat frame, construct and install window frame, stretch and attach canvas, size and paint canvas

Who installs the power and cable needed for the operation of a backstage sound effects console?

electrician

How many 500 watt instruments can be used on a 20 amp capacity dimmer without overloading the circuit?

four

To reduce feedback from a monitor speaker,

move the microphone from the loudspeaker's proximity

A play of serious consequences in which the protagonist has a major character flaw is called a

tragedy

Major American dramatists such as Inge, Hellman, and Miller wrote plays in the style of

Realism

Examples of Aristotelian elements of drama are

plot, character, and spectacle

Which of the following items are elements of plot structure?

climax, denouement

A playwright of the Greek period was

Aristophanes

Which play was written during the Elizabethan period?

Romeo and Juliet

In Oklahoma!, Agnes Demille changes the course of musical theatre by using

ballet to advance the plot

A theatre structure using a scene, an orchestra, and a perioktoi is from which period?

Greek

A class of high school drama students is planning a performance for a sixth grade audience. Which play would be appropriate?

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

During a rehearsal, the director, who is sitting in the audience, wants an actor to move DSL. What does he call out?

Cross down left

Choose the element of directing process which most clearly illustrates the collaborative nature of theatre.

Conceptualizing with designers.

Which element most contributes the the pitch of an actors voice?

the frequency of vocal cord vibrations

The primary goal of an actors physical warm up should be to

prepare the body for performance

Actors who connect their characters' situations to important events int heir own lives are practicing

emotional memory

If student actors find it difficult to "relax" physically during crowd scenes, the director should

help the actors open up by encouraging them to improvise stage pictures and statues

A group of actors is performing in a classic American drama that was inspired by the playwright's own life. Which research method would prove the best insight into this play's characters?

reading a biography fo the playwright

Which technique is used to increase the clarity of pantomime?

accentuating the moments when movement stops and starts

Which creative dramatic activity would be most effects for activating students' creative thinking skills?

small groups of students receive several props and each group creates a scene using all of the props

In which creative dramatics activity do students typically create characters through games and improvisation, develop a script based on those characters, and perform the resulting play?

playmaking

A drop that is opaque when lit from the front and translucent or transparent when lit from the rear is called a

scrim

Which of the following best describes the sequence of flat painting

sizing, base coast, texture, detail

An illipsodoial reflector spotlight is most likely to require an iris when it is being used as a

follow spot

Which sound device allows the operator to list3en to the incoming sound signal, adjust the volume and tone of that signal, and then send that signal out to the speakers?

Mixer

Which is typically a responsibility of a production's stage crew?

shifting the sets during performances

A drama teacher would like to have his students work on an allegory. Which of the following would be a good choice?

Everyman

Uta Hagen's works are mostly concerned with

the craft of acting

Which spanish playwright is renowned for writing a trilogy of plays focusing on strong female protagonists?

Federico Garcia Lorca

The building which served as a dressing area and a background in a Greek theatre was called the

skene

Who was a Roman architect who wrote a highly influential technical manual on Greek and Roman theatre design

Vitruvius

The Actors Studio, founded in 1947 by Robert Lewis, Elia Kazan, and Cheryl Crawford,k emphasized the development of

method acting

Hari, Tommy, and Jesus Christ Superstar exemplify

the rock musical

A drama teacher wants to find a play for the school's drama club to perform, but the budget is very limited. The teacher could avoid royalty fees by selected a play that is

in the public domain

A director can best help actors discover their characters' objectives by

planning an early rehearsal in which the actors explore possible objectives based on the text

In making the transition from nonmusical plays to directing musicals, a director must be prepared to

plan stage composition and movement for larger groups of people

A playwright is beginning research for a play set in Virginia during the American Revolution and wants to ensure that the dialogue is authentic to the historical period. Which of the following approaches is likely to be most effective for this purpose?

reading letters and journals written by people in that time and location

In a play , the climax represents which of the following?

the turning point of the plot

a stage play written by a 9th grade student includes an explosion. Because this is a stage play instead of a multimedia production, the drama teacher should suggest achieving this effect by

using lighting techniques

During high school a student excelled in language arts, marketing, management, and psychology. As president of the drama club in her senior year, she demonstrated accuracy as the business manager and publicity director for the year's productions. Logical advice would guide her to investigate a theatre major in

arts management

The Educational Theatre Association's major purpose is to

promote theatre arts in secondary schools

Identify the best publication for an aspiring playwright, composer, or lyricist to read

The Dramatist

Tongue twister exercises are designed to improve

articulation

An actor who uses a prop to define his or her character and situation creates

stage business

Students are asked to develop characterizations through observation and imitation of a particular individual's mannerisms. The approach students ar e using is

external

Which theatre activity represents a method of character development?

creating an actor's journal

What is meant by Fran Tenner's statement "all movement must be motivated or justified"

physical stage actions must have a purpose

in pantomime, concentrating movement on a specific area of the body is known as

isolation

Two students are asked to perform an improvisation using only questions as dialogue. The primary purpose of this activity is

concentration

when adapting one's stage performance to film, one should

minimize gestures

If a flame ignites backstage during a performance, the first thing the stage manager should do is

send the cast out the nearest exit

the curtain that hangs upstage of the apron and opens and closes at the beginning or ending of the activity is called

a grand drape

Which is the correct sequence in the painting of a backdrop?

Size muslin/ canvas, transfer design, mix paint, pain muslin/ canvas, add texture

A framed painting hung on the set well for the show's duration is categorized as a

decorative prop

If a designer wants a lighting instrument that can produce an adjustable (larger or smaller) circle of light, he or she should use a

fresnel

the term sound reinforcement refers to using

microphones and speakers

The foundation makeup that has an oil base, comes in tubes or sticks, and is used for large theatre venues and prolonged performances is called

greasepaint

A high school theatre space does not have a dressing room. the most viable solution is to

convert rooms close to the theatre to dressing spaces

Which of the following is most likely to be a duty of the stage manager?

maintaining the prompt book

The house manager is primarily responsible for the

audience's comfort

who would be most responsible for creating a dance for a play?

choreographer

Which of the following would most likely be a duty of the director during the rehearsal process?

blocking the play

In modern theatre, which type of equipment would be most appropriate for sound effect performance?

digital audio sound

Which of the following would be a consideration for shooting a video but not for staging a play

setting light levels using a light meter

What is the denouement of a play?

resolution

Choose the theorist most noted for the creating of the acting technique known as "the method"

Stanislavski

The 19th century roots of feminism are best expressed in which of the following plays?

A Doll House

Lazzi is a term that fees to preset stage business that occurs in which of the following theatre forms?

Commedia dell arte

Which of the following is most likely a responsibili8ty fo the dramaturg?

researching the history of the production

Which period of theatre history is characterized by plays staged in amphitheaters and play structured to provide for a chorus?

Greek

During which period of theatrical history was the raked stage introduced?

Renaissance

A playwright of the Greek period best known for comedy is

Aristophanes

Eugune O Neill's play are examples of which major period of American theatre?

realism

The produce a play, which of the following would a theatre company do first?

Write the publisher for permission to produce the play

a director has determined that the musical Grease takes place in the 1950s. Which costume would be appropriate for a female character?

poodle skirt

Roughing out the actor's basic movement in relation to the set and furniture is called

blocking

Which worke would be best for a dramaturg to research costumes for a production of Les Miserables?

Victoria and Alberty Museum

A director has chosen an ensemble play for the first production and is concerned about a cast's ability to relate to each other. In the casting process, the director should have the auditioning actors

perform group improvisation

Identify the appropriate sequence when beginning the play production process

selecting the play, securing rights for production, holding callbacks, casting the play

When all of the production elements are integrated for the first time, the result is known as a

technical rehearsal

Who should the director contact before deleting inappropriate language from a planned production at a school?

the publisher

The event that changes the normal progression of action of the characters in the play is called

inciting incident

A student submitted a scene for a stage play that depicts a man punching another man inside a luxury hotel suite. One of the men pulls out a knife and pursues the other man down the hallways, down the stairwell and into the hotel lobby, just as a truck crashes through the front plate glass window. The man with the knife jumps into the truck, which backs out of the lobby and speeds away. The student should be advised to rewrite her scene becase

there are too many technical requirements

Mary wants to have a career in theatre and has a natural flair and strong ability in costume design. She is creative but cannot afford formal training. Which opportunity for advanced education would be most beneficial for her?

apprentice in a professional theatre costume shop

A theatre organization that promotes involvement for Florida educator sis the

Florida association for theatre education

Which publication is atomically sent to the new international thespian society members

Dramatics magazine