THE2000 FINAL EXAM

Griselda Gambaro's Information for Foreigners...

- puts the audience at the center of the action, trapping them between the "real" events they see in performance and the real military threat that disrupts their everyday life - disrupts aesthetic distance by suggesting that the audience's lack of intervention is tacit approval of the events they see enacted - challenges the audience to resist selling out to the dominant culture and to maintain a connection to their cultural heritage

When did Asian American theatre emerge?

1960s

Angels in america takes place primarily during the:

1980's

According to Sean Bartley's FSU Connection video, site-specific theatre:

?

Corporations have taken over producing many Broadway shows because:

?

Dale Jordan says that the most anxious moment for him while working on a show is:

?

Harper Hannah Joe Louis

?

Technical director hang and focus crew lighting designer stage manager

?

The person/people the stage manager must be closest to and communicated best with is:

?

What is not part of the traditional acting experience? (which of the following..)

?

What theatrical technology sparked debate about whether or not it hinders the liveliness that makes theatre unique?

?

Where does Gallimard first meet song?

?

Zach Cramer claimed his most challenging project was:

?

According to lecture, who is Mei Lanfang

A beijing opera master

the most important thing the rocky mountain theatre for kids provides for kids is:

A chance to be center stage

Bartley describes Sleep no more as:

A choose your own adventure

Devised theatre is

A creative process, not a specific product

Orientalism describes:

A deeply entrenched way of thinking about the Other, which gives power to the powerful and takes it from those who are different

In the regard of flight, what is one of the props Irwin used in the scene?

A gun

Ombra said some set pieces were stored where?

A large gate, for the ellis island scene A casket, which held the character who died during the show

As demonstrated in the video clip of Kabuki Theatre, the percussive beat is caused by:

A musician beating "clappers" against a wooden platform

In 1987, Ronald Reagan publicly mentioned a serious issue for the first time, in spite of the fact that this issue had been causing illness and death throughout the country since at least 1981. What was the issue?

AIDS

What issues appear in angels in america

AIDS Religion Drug addiction politics

The video clips of Peking Opera and Kabuki Theatre used in lecture both include:

Action sequences

What best describes the inside-out or representational acting technique

Actors begin with emotional experiences and progress to physical action

In the cradle will rock:

Actors performed from the audience

What should be considered when designing costumes or set for a production?

Aesthetic distance Director's concept Time period

What is an example of a concept or fragmented msuical?

Assassins

The most basic units of a play, as defined by actors and directors are:

Beats

M. Butterfly takes

Beijing Paris

Infared technology helped the stage manager during the crucial moments of Ragtime?

Blackouts

Put in order

Bob and Cathy take a moment to check their distance from one another Cathy shows her intent to punch bob Bob reacts vocally, completes the knap and arches his body back Cathy follows through

With shows like Lullaby Moon, Lucia Neare's Theatrical Wonders take place in neglected public spaces and strive to

Bring the community together through a shared artistic experience

Shows like lullaby moon take place in neglected public spaces and strive to:

Bring the community together through a shared artistic experience.

Michael Hayden starred in a Broadway revival of:

Carousel

In the short clip of raceless, which could monica do in order to please her boss

Catch a fly with chopsticks

In angels in america, where does joe go in the middle of the night?

Central park

When choreographing a dance number for musical theatre, the choreographer must consider:

Character motivation and development

Writer of The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea, __________________ also writes about what it means to "pass" for white while watching other Latina women struggle with racism, and is the first to write openly about what it means to be a Chicana lesbian in the United States.

Cherrie Moraga

What famous asian playwright was also known as the "Shakespeare of Japan?"

Chikamatsu Monzaemon

What is an example of contemporary physical theatre?

Cirque du Soleil

The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea:

Combines the Greek myth of Medea with the Mexican myth of La Llorona ('the weeping woman')

Chris Burden's Shoot raised a number of issues, including

Commentary on the vietnam war and the ideas of americans being killed in a seemingly senseless war

What type of theatre is most concerned with financial profit?

Commercial

A stage manager's primary duty is:

Communication

Hayden prepares for his first day of rehearsal by:

Completely memorizing his lines

Dale Jordan explains that he takes this step early in his creative process:

Create a metaphor that blends with the directors concept

The goal of character makeup is to:

Create an illusion for the audience

Amateur theatre is theatre that is:

Created by artists whose primary income is not from box office sales

El teatro campesino continues to produce work today, including power to the people, which....

Dealt with the real-life power crisis in california and the corruption that led to it

Hwang was inspired by two ideas, one of which was:

Deconstructing the Puccini Opera, Madame Butterfly

Site-Specific theatre is:

Designed to be performed at a unique, specially adapted location, NOT a traditional theatre

A two-headed giraffe would most likely be found in (a):

Dime museum

Who can we credit with revitalizing New York City's Times Square Theatre district, which had become previously run-down and crime-ridden?

Disney

In the 1990s, the culture wars:

Divided the country between conservative and progressive ideas

Muscha states that costume design is most effective when a designer:

Does a close script analysis

In the video clip of the short play, "Raceless", Monica's employer complains that she:

Does not act "asian" enough

In Tour of the fallon theatre video, who is responsible for the lobby display

Dramaturg

In the surrealist taxi, audience members:

Draw their fates from a hand-drawn set of cards, then go on a journey in a taxi

The actors in pirates of the caribbean clip used several different props as weapons, including:

Dust/Ash from forge fire Swords

Representational acting emphasizes:

Emotions

Who dials the phone to call 911 for roy cohn when he collapses in angels in america?

Ethel Rosenberg

What important set piece was flown in for ragtime?

Evelyn Nesbit's swing

What important set piece was flown in for the production of Ragtime?

Evelyn Nesbit's swing

Nine presidential assassins gather to sing about:

Everyone's right to be happy

Cirque du Soleil differs from the typical circus in many ways, including:

Expensive ticket prices

Off-Broadway theatre allow for:

Experimentation in form and subject matter Shows more interested in artistic than commercial success Small, intimate shows that play to small audiences

What is not one thing a theatrical design must do?

Explain the plot

Kabuki theatre features:

Extensive spectacle and lots of action

Broadway is the only place that new or innovative theatre happens in the US

False

Bunraku theatre is the most popular form of theatre in japan.

False

Hwang describes the west as delicate and feminine and the east as aggressive and masculine

False

In a proscenium stage setup, the audience members can see other audience members by looking across the playing space.

False

In raceless, monica works hard to embrace her own racial history by dating only men of her race, spending all her spare time with her family, and demanding she receive vacation days during chinese new year.

False

In the video clip from raceless, Monica works hard to embrace her own racial history by dating only men of her race, spending all her spare time with her family, and demanding that she receive vacation days during the Chinese New Year.

False

Just as august wilson wrote the century cycle about the african american experience, Eugene O'Neill wrote a play dramatizing the irish-american immigrant experience for every decade of the 19th century

False

Just as august wilson wrote the century cycle about the african american experience, Euguene O'neill wrote a play dramatizing the Irish-American immigrant experiences for every decade of the 19th

False

Like prior, joe is comfortable with and aware of his sexuality throughout Angels in America

False

Only one american theatre company exists today- The east west players

False

Performance art is primarily based on a script

False

Sound effects in theatre first became possible with the advent of electricity

False

Stage combat scenes are rarely choreographed. Instead, they tend to be little more than controlled chaos on stage

False

Stephen Sondheim, respected musical theatre producer, is known as "The Abominable Showman"

False

The Broadway musical wicked cost more than $30 mil to produce. Because of this the production never managed to break even and the producers went bankrupt.

False

The Mahabharata is the longest running play in India.

False

in 1865, Abe lincoln was assassinated by Edwin Booth

False

What endangered songs relationship with Gallimard?

Gallimard orders song to remove all of her clothes

The stonewall riots circulated around the issues of:

Gay rights

What factors designate a theatre as Broadway, Off-Broadway, off-off broadway

Geographic location # actors employed Audience size

Gallimard was convicted of

Giving classified documents to the chinese

____ are small metal plates with stencils cut out. When added to stage lights, they project patterns or shapes on to the stage.

Gobos

Mr Lies. is:

Harper's hallucination and travel agent

What revelations come to light during Harper and Prior's mutual dream in Angels In America

Harper's husband is homosexual

What happens when Gallimard finally has his realization about song?

He becomes butterfly and stabs himself

What happened to the composer/lyricist of Rent just before the production opened off-broadway?

He died from an undiagnosed heart condition

In angels in america, how does prior know that the messenger is near?

He gets a boner

What do we learn about honest sancho?

He is a robot

What is Gallimard's experiment?

He refuses to see Song after being invited up to her apartment to see if he could gain power over her

The primary purpose of theatre technology should be to:

Help forward the story and the production

Why has Miss Jimenez come to see Honest Sancho in Los Vendidos

Her boss wants a racially diverse crowd for public events

One of the jobs of the artistic director is to:

Hire artistic personal

"Yuyachkani" -- the name of one of Peru's most important theatre collectives -- means:

I am remembering

Theatre has continued to stay relevant from the renaissance to today because:

It embraces cutting-edge technology

In angels in america, roy wants joe to take a new job in washington so that:

Joe will be his spy and ally

Who are members of the NEA4?

John Fleck Karen Finley Holly Hughs Tim Miller

Performance art often blurs the line between the actor and the audience by:

Keeping the audience member sitting quietly in their seats Inviting the audience members to participate in the performance Having audience members physically on the stage Asking audiences to petition the NEA for additional artist rights

The rocky mountain theatre for kids mainly produces what kind of work?

Kids performing in productions

Gallimard was voted:

Least likely to be invited to a party

Eugene O'Neill's most famous autobiographical play is called:

Long day's journey into night

Founder of El Teatro Campesino, ___________________________ is often referred to as the "Father of Chicano Theatre."

Luis Valdez

One of the first women to bring Burlesque to the United States was

Lydia Thompson

The Illiad and The Odyssey served as foundational sources for the characters and story lines that appeared in many ancient Greek tragedies. What text served a similar purpose in Indian Theatre?

Mahabharata

George McConnell compares conventional theatre to:

McDonalds

Who or what does the title of Los Vendidos refer to?

Mexican-Americans who sell out their own history values and culture

Legally Blonde: The musical, the wedding singer, and the producers are examples of:

Movicals

In angels in america, harper fears the man with the knives, who is this?

Mr. Lies

In angels of america, a number of actors play multiple roles in the show. The actor who plays Belize also plays:

Mr. Lies

In the tradition of the federal theatre project, the ______ was founded in the US to provide federal funding to the arts.

National Endowment for the arts

Codified acting tends to appear in what type of theatre?

Non-western theatre

The dance class shown in the video:

Offers an opportunity for the students to build camaraderie and focus on their technique

Stephen Sodheim's Sweeny Todd is entirely sung which makes it an:

Opera

Pit Wings House Stage

Orchestra Assistant stage manager audience actors

Why is design vital to setting the overall mood for theatre productions?

Ours is a visual culture- set and costume designs set up our expectations for the play

Luis Valdez chose to stage his actos in common areas because:

People were too busy working to come to a traditional theatre

What development in scenery and architecture paved the way for the proscenium stage?

Perspective painting

Who is credited with conceptualizing the first circus in 1770?

Philip Astley

Gallimard identifies with what character for most of the play?

Pinkerton

In the musical tribute to Cameron Mackintosh, Tom Lehrer performed a jaunty, memorable song from a little known show titled Tom Foolery. What was the song called?

Poisoning pigeons in the park

One function of actor unions like AEA or SAG is to:

Prevent the exploitation of actors

What appear in harper's hallucinations?

Prior walter A travel agent An eskimo

What angels in america characters are included in the spotlight?

Prior, Hannah, Louis and Belize

In the clip featuring director and designer Julie Taymor, she says she appreciates the lion king because the:

Production's abstract qualities make it different than television or film

Annie Sprinkle, a porn star-turned-perfomance-artist is best known for:

Public cervix announcement

What term from indian theatre describes and emotional flavor that will be excited in the audience?

Rasa

Miss Jimenez Eric Honest Sancho Johnny Pachuco

Refuses to speak/learn spanish The model mexican american Chatty, upbeat salesperson Plays the urban mexican who steals purses and resits arrest

What are two major approaches to acting discussed in the lecture

Representational Presentational

What is the most important rule of stage combat?

Safety first

Sex and gender are often confused with one another in daily conversation, but the difference is clear. [x] is physical, dictated by the presence of male or female anatomy. [Y] is socially constructed, based on how much society expects a person to act based on assumptions about how someone with male or female anatomy will act.

Sex and gender are often confused with one another in daily conversation, but the difference is clear. Sex is physical, dictated by the presence of male or female anatomy. [Y] is socially constructed, based on how society expects a person to act based on assumptions about how someone with male or female anatomy will act.

In cell block tango, a dance number from chicago:

Sexy, black costuming connects sensuality and violence Red scarves represent murder of lovers Dramatic, contrasting lighting in black and red shows womens rage

Theatre teaches critical tools like the ability to:

Simultaneously believe or disbelieve

The contrast, ______ is an enduring American character type who is loyal, honest and not-so-intelligent

Stage Yankee

Yoko Ono, Cut Piece is a:

Statement against violence, particularly violence against women.

The Black Crook became a musical because:

Stranded, unemployed French ballerinas needed jobs to pay for their tickets home

The black crook became a musical because

Stranded, unemployed French ballerinas needed jobs to pay for their tickets home

The society of american fight directors certifies actor expertise in a number of different weapons, including:

Sword and shield Broadsword Smallsword

The different strategies an actor uses to attain his/her objective while acting are called:

Tactics

Kate Gelabert has what piece of advice for aspiring dance?

Take as many dance and movement classes as you can for as long as you can

The performer in the burlesque trapeze video:

Takes off most of her clothing

Song solidifies her troubled relationship with Gallimard by:

Telling him she is pregnant

What is blamed for the decline of vaudeville?

The advent of film

Noh theatre is often

The art of walking

William Macready and Edwin Forrest became the focal points of tensions that escalated to:

The astor place riot

Which of the following shows was the first "official" musical?

The black crook

It is difficult for a show to start out on broadway because:

The costs of failure are too much for most producers to bear.

George McConnell describes the relationship between form and content in his work as:

The form is the content

In the Sunday in the Park with George video clip, how is the scenic design created?

The lead actor "paints" it with the words and music.

What is one of the five major parts of Stanislavsky's acting system?

The magic if

What was the conflict between the two characters in the final performance stage combat scene?

The man exposed himself to the woman and she disliked that

A dress parade refers to:

The moment when the creative team checks costumes against sets and lights.

The subtext of a play is:

The underlying meaning of a line or scene

The GLOW lyric theatre is involved in grassroots politics because

They choose their productions in response to community issues

In the recent broadway revival of Oklahoma!, starring Hugh Jackman, how did the producers respond to Jackman's leaving temporarily to film X-men: The Last Stand?

They closed the show the show for the time he would be gone, and reopened upon his return.

How did audiences respond to coco Fusco's and Guillermo Gomez-Pena's undiscovered Amerindians?

They thought the actors were real Amerindians

The makeup of Blue man group is particularly unique because:

They use old-fashioned grease paint

How do the actors see the conductor to keep up with the orchestra during ragtime?

Through a live feed played on monitors

What famous playwright is interviewed in THNKR's does theatre still matter video?

Tony Kushner

Who wrote Angels in America?

Tony Kushner

During the Pre-Revolutionary War era in the American Colonies, theatre became a:

Tool to help the colonists define a national identity

Chin disapproves of Song's methods of extracting info from Gallimard

True

Diversity is the hallmark of vaudeville

True

Minneapolis based devised theatre creators George McConnell and Sam Johns describe their process as "playing" with one another and with the various objects they introduce into the creative space

True

One of the dangers of method acting is that it requires actors to repeatedly relive the most emotional and traumatic times of their lives so that they can recreate that emotion quickly onstage

True

One of the potential weaknesses of inside-out acting is that an actor's performances can be inconsistent

True

One of the reasons that performance art emerged was general dissatisfaction with the limitations of realism

True

One reason the east-west players is one of the most influential asian american theatre companies is because it has employed up to 75% of asian american theatre professionals at some point during their careers.

True

Some site-specific theatre is also immersive, like Punchdrunk's Sleep No More

True

Tennessee Williams plays often focus on the decay of the south and deal in some way with sexuality

True

The dime museums, featuring items like the largest rubber band ball in the world, were once a staple of american middle-class entertainment

True

design can be described as a form of visual encoding which is intended to elicit specific responses from audience members based on the choices designers make.

True

What resources are suggested for research?

Visits to museums Books Historical Images Newspapers/ periodicals

Proscenium stage Black Box stage Thrust stage Arena stage

Well-suited to large-scale musical theatre and shows that require lots of spectacle Valued for its flexibility; can support multiple configurations Creates some sense of intimacy between actors and audiences; popular during English renaissance Requires actors to enter from the audience and even carry furniture with them

If an actor is thinking about his/her character's imagined circumstances, which of the following questions would be relevant?

What kinds of hallucinations has harper had? What does uncle peck remember from his time fighting in the war?

An objective, as understood in acting, is...

What the character is fighting for at any given moment

What skills are required of professional actors?

Willingness to take chances Discipline Imagination

The scenic design for Sunday in the park with george was based on

a painting by Seurat

In augusto boal's forum theatre method:

actors present real-life social problems: audience members act out solutions

Vaudeville was:

clean, family-oriented entertainment

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American middle-class audiences most frequently attended:

edifying melodramas

Stage combat should:

emerge naturally from the actions of the play and continue to tell the story

El Teatro Campesino's first performers were professional, full time actors

false

The Astor Place Riot is important because..

it solidified class distinctions in theatrical entertainments that exist today

What word means the same as draper?

pattern-maker

Site-specific theatre:

pre-dates contemporary theatrical conventions

Song describe the west's attitude toward the east as one where the west sees itself as male and the east as female. She characterizes this as?

rape mentality

Proscenium Arena Black box stage thrust stage

rectangular Looks like arena Weird shape Open on one side

Contemporary audiences are more quiet and passive than historical audiences.

true

Main characters/story are based on a story about a french diplomat

true

Stage combat responses vary in pitch; lower pitches are used for punches that fall close to the body's center like a punch to the stomach while higher pitches tend to work well for wounds to the extremities like a smashed finger.

true

The term "Chicano" used to be a pejorative term for Mexican-Americans, but it was reclaimed by activists in the 1960s to describe an indigenous culture that had been otherwise lost.

true

the musical form is the US' only unique contribution to world theatre

true

Vaudeville is a form of popular entertainment that is best described as a:

variety show