Quiz 2

Question 1

Specific moment in actors speech

Answer 1

Beat

Question 2

Move that does not attract attention to itself while managing to keep the actor in view of the audience

Answer 2

Cheat

Question 3

Sense of “family” unity developed by a group of performers during the course of the play; the willingness of actors to subordinate themselves to the production as a whole

Answer 3

Ensemble

Question 4

Controlling the audience’s attention

Answer 4

Focus

Question 5

Director’s request that an actor take a weak position so another actor can have focus

Answer 5

Give stage

Question 6

The goal toward which a character is striving. “ Super-objective”

Answer 6

Objective

Question 7

Actor’s technique for making voice, movements and gestures clear to all parts of the house

Answer 7

Projection

Question 8

Placing actors so all have equal focus and emphasis

Answer 8

Share stage

Question 9

Pick up the energy, the pace, and the volume of a scene; one actor tops the other thereby building tension and emotional impact

Answer 9

Top

Question 10

Competitive tryout for a performer seeking a role in a theatre production

Answer 10

Audition

Question 11

Difficult task of matching the actors who auditioned from the production with the roles in the play or musical

Answer 11

Casting

Question 12

Cast reads through the play to clarify meaning and pronunciation and to gain greater insight into character development and interpretation

Answer 12

Read through

Question 13

Emphasis on these rehearsals is placed on stage movement

Answer 13

Blocking rehearsal

Question 14

Actors are expected to be off book and line perfect when these rehearsals are called

Answer 14

Line rehearsal

Question 15

Process of exploring, then setting and practicing, the artistic decision inherent in the play

Answer 15

Working rehearsal

Question 16

Directors require that all costumes be ready

Answer 16

Dress parade

Question 17

Extended rehearsal without actors, devoted to setting and tech stuff

Answer 17

Dry tech

Question 18

Final rehearsals in which all visual elements of a production, including costumes are used

Answer 18

Dress rehearsal

Question 19

Special performance aimed at helping the director to judge the response of the audience once the okay is open to the public

Answer 19

Preview performance

Question 20

White or blue tautly stretched canvas drop or plaster done across the back wall of the stage which when lit simulates the sky

Answer 20

Cyclorama

Question 21

Curtain hanging above and across the stage just upstage of the house curtain and downstage of the tormentors

Answer 21

Teaser

Question 22

Lobby and auditorium area of the theatre

Answer 22

Front of house

Question 23

Wall forming a picturing frame separating the stage from the auditorium

Answer 23

Proscenium arch

Question 24

Organization serves as a labour union for professional actors (1912)

Answer 24

Actors equity association

Question 25

Payments made to authors for permission to reproduce their artistic products

Answer 25

Royalties

Question 26

Selection of actors based upon their physical similarity to a certain dramatic type or upon their reputation for specializing in that kind of role

Answer 26

Typecasting

Question 27

Lights used solely for stage

Answer 27

Work lights

Question 28

Audience sitting and facing front of stage

Answer 28

Proscenium stage

Question 29

Wraparound theatre space

Answer 29

Thrust stage