Certify Teacher Theatre Practice Questions And 100% Correct Answers.
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Mrs. Elliot teaches at an arts magnate school. The drama students are working on their annual one-act play festival. This is a yearly project in which the students choose the plays, direct, design, work backstage and act in a series of plays on a unit set. Therefore, the design students need to agr...
Certify Teacher Theatre Practice
Questions And 100% Correct Answers.
Mrs. Elliot teaches at an arts magnate school. The drama students are working on their annual one-act
play festival. This is a yearly project in which the students choose the plays, direct, design, work
backstage and act in a series of plays on a unit set. Therefore, the design students need to agree on the
design of the unit set and then add pieces for their particular show which work with the individual play's
directorial approach. To help the scenic design students think creatively, she reads them a quote from
the famous American theatre designer, Ming Cho Lee: "Design is an act of transformation. Working with
a director, a designer transforms words into a world within which actors are engaged in human action. It
might be a metaphoric world, an emotional world or an architectural world, but it is a process of
bringing design ideas into a place where they can be executed." By reading to the design students this
sta - Answer Inspire the design students to think of creative ways to work with the director to design
added pieces for the unit set that will be exactly right for the particular one-act play
The social studies and the drama teachers at a middle school decided to collaborate and find an effective
means of combining drama and a study of social studies, and to develop dramatic exercises that would
promote creative problem solving, develop verbal and non-verbal skills, provide training in leadership
and teamwork, and provide a deeper understanding of specific social science concepts by engaging
students in real world issues, and allowing them to formulate and advocate a point of view. They both
felt that this would enhance the social studies curriculum and make it more relevant to students. In
setting up this exercise, which of the following possible scenarios would be least likely to work well? -
Answer The students form a neighborhood council and have a mock open session with angry residents
complaining about baking dogs.
Sixth graders of a middle school do a play each semester. This year they cannot use the
auditorium/theatre that they normally use because the middle school is being remodeled. So, they need
to find another place to present their production of a non-flying version of "Peter Pan." The students,
who traditionally design the scenery and properties, are anxious to begin their creative process. The
costumes are designed by professional designers and sewn by seamstresses. The teacher/director is
enthusiastic about the students beginning their design process. However, prior to that happening, she
knows that the very first thing, from a design perspective, that must be decided is — - Answer the
space for the play must be selected and secured.
There are many types of spaces in which theatre can take place. Some of these include various sizes of
proscenium theatres, thrust theatres, classroom arenas, black boxes/studio spaces, theatres in the
round, and various found spaces. Which of the following descriptions best illustrates a "found space"? -
Answer The play takes place in a church
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