THEA 200 Winter Midterm || with 100% Errorless Answers.
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Actors correct answers People who perform in the shows
Arena Theater correct answers A theater in which the audience surrounds the actors on all four sides either elevated or on the same level. This provides the most intimate experience between the actors and the audience. (i.e. a stadium)
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THEA 200 Winter Midterm || with 100% Errorless Answers.
Actors correct answers People who perform in the shows
Arena Theater correct answers A theater in which the audience surrounds the actors on all four
sides either elevated or on the same level. This provides the most intimate experience between
the actors and the audience. (i.e. a stadium)
Artistic Director correct answers Makes the selection of directors, actors, and designers. In
charge of any artistic direction.
Ass't Stage Manager correct answers The assistant to the stage manager that handles backstage
during the performance.
Audience correct answers Viewers of the play
Author/Playwright correct answers The author of the play
Business Manager correct answers Organizes the financial and administrative elements of the
company (i.e. budgets, contracts, raising money for the production, and income)
Blocking correct answers The coreography of movements around the stage that actors learn
supplementary to their lines.
Blocking Notation correct answers The stage movements and positions that the director works
out with the actors in rehearsal for dramatic effect.
Box Office correct answers The people who sell tickets
Carpenter correct answers A stagehand who builds sets and stage elements.
Centerline correct answers Imaginary line running down the stage through the exact centre of the
proscenium opening. Used for placing scenery, actors, etc.
Choreographer correct answers Creates the style and form of the dance routine and teaches them
to the cast. Considers how many dancers will be needed for a number, casts the dancers, and
assists in musical staging.
Control Booth correct answers A control booth for either lighting, sound, etc. that allows the
team to view the action on stage from FOH in order to better control the machinery.
Counterweight System correct answers A system in which bricks or metal is used to counter
weight the weight being lifted by the lines to the pipe batten. Essentially the hemp system but
with bricks or metal which takes up less space and is less cumbersome than the original sand
bags used.
, Costume Production correct answers In charge of the production of costumes from design to
building
Costume Designer correct answers Designs the costumes to create the look of the plays.
Oversees the design, fittings, dress parade, obtaining/renting or making the costumes, and
sometimes hair and makeup.
Costume Renderings correct answers Color drawings made by the costume designers that
represent what the costumes will look like and often include sample swatches.
Costume Director correct answers The head of the costume department who oversees all aspects
of costume construction, maintenance, and storage.
Curtain (Main) correct answers The curtain outermost to the audience that usually shows or hides
the stage from view. Curtain come is many different designs such as the traveler, tab, contour,
and brail.
Cutter/Draper correct answers Responsible for reading designs from the designer and turning
them into costumes. Makes patterns from the designs and fits them to the actors.
Cyclorama correct answers Encircles or partially encloses the scene to form the background. It's
most familiar use is as a sky or void backing a setting or elements of scenery placed in the
foreground. The flat background of the cyclorama blends into the sides in a gentle arc and is kept
smooth by fastening the tielines to both a top and bottom curved pipe. Usually depicts some kind
of painting. The largest part of the scenery
Dance correct answers A choreographed performance usually set to music that is relevant to the
play/musical's plot.
Dancers correct answers Either an actor as well or strictly cast as a dancer, any performer that
participates in a choreographed dance.
Designer Elevations correct answers A front view of each individual piece of scenery. The
designer's elevations are used by the shop crew to determine the height and architectual detail of
each scenic unit.
Dimmer correct answers Apparatus used to control the intensity of a luminaire or light
Director correct answers Responsible for bringing the artistic vision of the play to life.
Coordinates work of designers, actors, and crew to tell the same story. Also leads rehearsals.
Downstage correct answers The area on the stage closest to the audience.
Dress Rehearsal correct answers A rehearsal typically the day before or a few days before in
which the actors treat the practice like the performance and they perform in costume with props,
scene changes, etc.
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