Theater 101 Exam 1

Front 1

In charge that everything and everyone is doing what they need to do and when they need to do it

Back 1

stage manager

Front 2

call the show ( gives light and sound people cues)

Back 2

stage manager

Front 3

solves issues, tape down floor for rehearsal, take down blocking

Back 3

stage manager

Front 4

rehearsal & performance reports, make sure props are there

Back 4

stage manager

Front 5

hangs the lights

Back 5

master electrician

Front 6

drafting and which kind of instrument is used and the direction it's facing

Back 6

lighting plot

Front 7

a 3-D communication of what space is going to look like (in scale), but no indication what it'll look like when painted

Back 7

white model

Front 8

in charge of audience comfort, seating problems, adjust temperature, special needs, contact with stage manager to say when they're letting people in and when they can start

Back 8

house manager

Front 9

builds detailed stuff, best carpenter in shop

Back 9

master carpenter

Front 10

in charge of budgeting (materials and people), oversee build of all of the set

Back 10

technical director

Front 11

make sure equipment works, oversees loading of stuff, strike (disassembling set)

Back 11

technical director

Front 12

person who creates a pattern (dress forms)

Back 12

cutter/draper

Front 13

three elements of action

Back 13

1. intention: have and objective to action
2. obstacle: something to fight against to create tension, create conflict
3. Tactic: have a variety (how to get past an obstacle)

Front 14

primary functions of a director

Back 14

1. concept: interpret the text
2. unify: director is involved in all aspects (actors, designers, publicist)

Front 15

secondary functions of a director

Back 15

1. acting coach
2. staging: block the show (tell people where to move and when)
3. casting
4. scheduling

Front 16

50 sec-1 1/2 min audition, memorized monologue, sample to show emotional range

Back 16

formal audition

Front 17

reading specific material from script, not memorized, usually during callback

Back 17

cold read

Front 18

primary responsibilities/concerns of lighting designer

Back 18

1. focus: decide where the focus will be
2. mood/emotional content
3. accuracy in terms of time of day & time of year

Front 19

four things communicated through blocking by the director

Back 19

1. character: way a person moves conveys character
2. intention: believe what we see
3. relationship
4. focus

Front 20

plot

Back 20

a series of events

Front 21

complication

Back 21

two opposing forces that create conflict, shift direction play is taking

Front 22

climax

Back 22

highes point of action, most emotional, the defining moment

Front 23

denouement

Back 23

tie up loose ends, resolving everything

Front 24

point of attack

Back 24

first moment we discover what major conflict is going to be

Front 25

exposition

Back 25

bits of info need to know at top of show to understand what's happening and whom it's about

Front 26

concept

Back 26

a plan or intention

Front 27

convention

Back 27

how we know a play begins (lights are dark, lights flash, lights start getting darker and brighter when it begins, specific color or patterns of light to know it's going into the past) used to not confuse audience

Front 28

protagonist

Back 28

carrier of the action, usually the good guy

Front 29

antagonist

Back 29

person who opposes the action, usually the bad guy

Front 30

foreshadowing

Back 30

hint on what's going to happen in future, can happen at any point

Front 31

spectacle

Back 31

anything you see, anything visual, costume, lighting, setting

Front 32

proscenium

Back 32

all audience at front of stage

Front 33

thrust

Back 33

audience on three sides

Front 34

arena

Back 34

audience is everywhere

Front 35

alley

Back 35

audience is on two sides, opposing each other

Front 36

have to have absolutely everything and not groom any events (rough language overlap speaking, nude people) slice of life, photographic detail, actually doing actions

Back 36

naturalism

Front 37

focuses on ridiculousness of human behavior, co-dependence shows up

Back 37

absurdist

Front 38

focus on stress, insecurity, loneliness, future is undetermined and in your own hands, work like crazy to get somewhere but not achievable

Back 38

existentiaslist

Front 39

a desire for equality, idealistic, the way the world could be, elevating things to equal status

Back 39

romanticism

Front 40

distorting outward appearance to get to the truth of the internal

Back 40

expressionism

Front 41

have to show the good and bad, events happen through cause and effect and chronological order, everything well thought out & well packaged, groom events to think and feel a certain way

Back 41

realism

Front 42

dream like, free association of ideas, doesn't have to be chronological, subconscious through the senses (ex: slow motion of event)

Back 42

surrealism

Front 43

Who develops the ground plan?

Back 43

scene design

Front 44

what is a section?

Back 44

from the sides and incorporates from above

Front 45

what makes theatre today unique?

Back 45

technology advancements, language, subject matter, more groups of people are represented, nudity, simulate sexual acts, nontraditional casting, genres are melting together, time warping, spectacular

Front 46

play wrights concerns?

Back 46

stage ability, perform ability, think about how things will happen and be possible

Front 47

how it theatre different than any other other art?

Back 47

theatre combines all parts of art, music in play & pre, post, intermission of show, sound cues

Front 48

friendly faces, help to seat, make you feel welcome

Back 48

Ushers