Theater 3

A light that is typically used to light the large cyclorama all the way upstage is

A trip light or flood light

Walking sticks and parasols are examples of

Accessories.

A strong design concept

All of the above

The technical rehearsal is the time to establish

All of the above

Through the use of color, shadow, and intensity, lighting can suggest

All of the above

Visibility is the most obvious function of stage lighting. Which of the following is also a primary function of lighting?

All of the above

A stage set should tell the audience

All of these answers are correct

Clothes have always indicated or signaled a number of things regarding the wearer, except for which of the following:

Character flaws

When one set of lights comes down at the same time that another set of lights come up, this is known as a

Cross fade

The sound designer's primary collaborator on any theatrical production is the

Director

Ariane Mnouckine

France

Wole Soyinka

Nigeria

Athol Fugard

South Africa

A harsh red light from below an actor's face can create a disturbing mood, but you would only find that kind of light in a nonrealistic production.

True

The existence of wars, terrorism, natural disasters, and other intangibles are overwhelming issues in our contemporary world and therefore

the need for theatre and arts emphasizing human interaction are more important to our society

Theatre of all types exists at every level, from amateur community theatre to university training programs to professional, and at any time audiences might attend

All of these answers are correct

Augusto Boal

Argentina

The objectives of the scene designer do NOT include

Assisting in the blocking of the production

_______ is a South African playwright whose plays often attacked apartheid

Athol Fugard

_______ is the author of Master Harold...and the Boys

Athol Fugard

_______ was a Brazilian playwright and theorist noted for his theoretical work Theatre of the Oppressed

Augusto Boal

A classic play from which country includes a mythical Aboriginal character?

Australia

High-tech lights often used by rock musicians move up and down and from side to side, change colors, and change the sharpness and width of a beam of light and allow for numerous decorative or atmospheric patterns, are now used industry-wide. Such lights are called

Automated lights

Which 2004 musical featured puppets?

Avenue Q

Line, mass, color, texture, balance. Which one of these is not considered one of the five elements of scene design?

Balance

A wireless microphone attached to a performer is called a ________ mike.

Body

A(n) ________ is a show that has a story—which traces the fortunes of the main characters through a series of adventures with a beginning, middle, and end—and features more popular songs

Book musical

Federica Leon

Brazil

In the United States, ________ has become synonymous with the type of sketch theatre comedy that relied heavily on sexual comedy and innuendo and was a precursor to American strip shows

Burlesque

In order to meet the aesthetic demands of a lighting design, the stage manager must

Call all cues with an understanding of the pace and rhythm integral to the production.

One of the most famous Shakespeare festivals in the world, named for Shakespeare's birthplace, is located in

Canada

________ are a form of musical theatre that uses fairly contemporary popular music of a singular performer or music group and crafts a story to fit with the already popular music

Concept Musicals

Shows by Stephen Sondheim, such as Company and Assassins, are examples of the ________ form

Concept musical

When a musical is based around an idea rather than a story, it is called a

Concept musical

Lighting changes typically programmed in a computerized control system are referred to as

Cues

______ is an English avant-garde director who reinterpreted traditional texts with a focus on sociopolitical issues including feminism and gender

Deborah Warner

Costume designers rarely meet the actors who will be wearing their costumes, leaving those responsibilities to the stage manager.

False

David Henry Hwang is the author of Angels in America

False

Despite the popularity of the form, no musical has ever received the Pulitzer Prize

False

Digital sound technology will allows musical instruments to be connected through a theatrical sound system, but at this time it cannot yet interface with lighting or projection technology.

False

El Teatro Campesino is one of the major theatres to arise in Native American theatre

False

Environmental theatre is the name given to the plethora of outdoor theatres that developed in the late 1960s and 1970s

False

Even in today's world, replete with global communications and exchanges of ideas and commerce, there is a surprising lack of theatrical exchange around the world

False

Lorraine Hansberry is the African American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Topdog/Underdog

False

Only something that actually attaches or pins to a costume piece is considered an accessory.

False

Performance art began as a form that predominantly combined ballet with special sound effects and limited visual design elements

False

Postmodernism is an approach to drama that strives to achieve a correct interpretation of a play through extensive background research and intense bibliographic rigor

False

Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Lorraine Hansberry, and Edward Albee are the most notable American playwrights of the twentieth century avant-garde theatre movement

False

The "British invasion" in a theatrical context refers to imported British musicals like The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Cats, Les Misérables, and Miss Saigon

False

The African Grove Theater was the first black theatre company in the United States to produce major musicals

False

The book of a musical is sometimes referred to as the lyrics.

False

The most realistic makeup designs being used in the world of theatre are most often found in Japanese kabuki theatre presentations.

False

To this day the most common form of sound reproduction technology in the theatre is reel-to-reel tape.

False

Undergarments are not a concern of the costume designer.

False

Unfortunately the sheer diversity of the American theatre scene has become so fragmented that there is no longer enough audience support for live theatre to continue

False

While fabric affects the silhouette, texture, and bulk of a costume, it has little symbolic value.

False

While it is often necessary for actors and actresses to make quick costume changes, this is a concern for the stage manager, not the costume designer.

False

A stitcher is a technician who patterns, pins, and drapes the fabric to fit the individual actor perfectly, whereas a draper is a technician who sews all the costumes.

Fasle

When costumes are taken from inventory or rented from a costume house, this is known as rendering a costume.

Fasle

Canvas stretched on wood with the side facing the audience painted to look like a solid wall is called a

Flat

Which of the following is a 2009 Tony Award-winning musical concerning a mother who is struggling with a bipolar disorder and the effects her disease has on her family?

Next to Normal

A(n) ________ is a drama set entirely to music

Opera

_____ is a form which contains scenes of spoken dialogue that alternate with songs, and which generally features a romantic story set in some far-off locale

Operetta

George Ibrahim

Palestine

The Al-Kasaba Theatre, founded in 1970, is the most important theatre group in

Palestine

Stage right and stage left mean the right and left side, respectively, from the perspective of the

Performers facing the audience

Distinguishing major from minor characters is an analysis of which of the following?

Relationships

A fairly complete sketch made by the scene designer, usually done in color, is called a

Rendering

______ is a type of theatre in which sketches and vignettes alternate with musical numbers, but no single story carries through from beginning to end

Revue

A gauze or cloth screen that, when painted and lit from the front, appears solid, but when lit from behind becomes transparent, is called a

Scrim

A first hand, a cutter/draper, and a stitcher are essential costume shop personnel working on the building/construction process of a costume.

True

A further development in contemporary theatre relates to the sheer diversity of multinational theatre, gender specific theatre, and political theatre

True

A warm golden red light from below an actor's face could establish a suggested light source of a campfire or candles on a table in a completely realistic production.

True

Along with expressionism, futurism, and surrealism, Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty and Jerzy Grotowski's poor theatre were among the most significant features of the avant-garde theatre movement.

True

Although masks can help express a character effectively they are not likely to appear at all in a play that is completely realistic in style.

True

Although the Federal Theatre Project was shut down by Congress in 1940, the thousands of African Americans who began working in theatre due to the Federal Theatre Project led to an eventual explosion of black theatre in the 1950's.

True

An example of the postmodernist mixing of high and low art is the musical The Lion King

True

Asian American theatre continues to thrive, as emerging playwrights Philip Kan Gotanda and Young Jean Lee are adding a more contemporary perspective to the already established works of David Henry Hwang and Tisa Chang

True

August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences is a family drama set in the 1950s

True

Black actor Paul Robeson had a record run of 296 performances in his 1943 production of Othello

True

Both performance art and postmodernist approaches to theatrical production are more similar to the work of an auteur director, since the scripted dramatic work is subjugated to the creative vision and focus of the director

True

Color can be used to indicate changes in character.

True

England and numerous European countries invest significantly in the arts, and theatre specifically, to a far greater extent than the National Endowment for the Arts in the United States

True

Even though the two longest-running musicals in Broadway history were 1980s British imports, the modern musical theatre form is predominantly a product of American talent and creativity

True

In addition to the costumes themselves, makeup and wigs are also part of the responsibilities of the costume designer.

True

In ancient Greek tragedy, choral sections were performed to the accompaniment of music and dance movements

True

It was rare to see African American performers on the stage in nineteenth century America

True

Many believe that the opening of Fiddler on the Roof in 1964 marked the end of the golden age of "book" musicals, and yet forty years later the book musical once again has established a major presence in Broadway theatres

True

Masks can be used to create stereotypes similar to stock characters.

True

Native Voices at the Autry, founded by Randy Reinholz and his wife Jean Bruce Scott, is one of the most important and prolific producers of new Native American plays

True

One of the major playwrights to come out of the Cuban American theatre is Maria Irene Fornés

True

Opera was originated by men who thought they were imitating Greek drama

True

Performance art has been at the center of a controversy over funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

True

Performance art has since undergone several shifts of emphasis as visual artists continue to explore the temporal nature of theatrical performance, and yet the vocal presentation of text continues to be dominated by the use of text as visual image

True

Possibly the most important production of the postwar era was A Raisin in the Sun

True

Realistic prosthetic makeup is used both for fantastical creatures like flying monkeys and in creating believable historical characters.

True

Recitatives in an opera are the transitional sections between arias that are essentially dialogue that is spoken/sung in a stylized fashion on a musical pitch

True

Shakespeare is alive and well in the U.S., with some 150 Shakespeare festivals around the country—30 in California alone

True

Shingeki, or "new theatre," evolved throughout the twentieth century in Japan and eventually allowed female playwrights to actively take part, something that had previously been virtually nonexistent in Japan

True

Some of the most important contemporary avant-garde works can be found off-off-Broadway in theatres such as Café LaMama, the Living Theatre, Mabou Mines, and the Wooster Group, among others

True

Sound effects in the theatre can be produced effectively with either advanced technology or with age-old manual theatrical mechanics, depending on the style of the production.

True

Sound travels more slowly than light.

True

Split cross-fades are quite difficult to make consistent on a manual lighting console, but computerized light boards make this complicated timing easy to accomplish.

True

Strictly speaking, there was no Native American theatre tradition; rather, there were spiritual and social traditions that had theatrical elements

True

The Boys in the Band was the first play that brought gay life to the forefront of mainstream audiences

True

The Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s was created to help theatre artists through the Depression, and it included units for African Americans

True

The Federal Theatre Project of the late 1930s also gave rise to a significant number of Cuban American plays, performed predominantly in Florida

True

The Royal National Theatre alone in Great Britain has a current annual budget of $30 million, which is more than 1/4 of the entire National Endowment for all of the arts in the U.S.

True

The lighting designer can only use the following four controllable properties of light—intensity, color, distribution, and movement/change—in setting the lights for any cue in the theatre.

True

The musical Of Thee I Sing, 1931, satirized presidential elections in the U.S. as though they were some kind of beauty contest

True

The proliferation of film, television, DVDs, computer games, and other electronic forms of entertainment all present a challenge to the continuation of live theatre

True

The true American musical, combining music, dance, and a singular dramatic story at the center, was first established in the late 1920s with the musical Showboat

True

The type of theatre scene once found almost exclusively in New York City has become firmly established in numerous leading cities, such as Chicago, throughout the country, with a mix of theatre that is similar to the Broadway/off-Broadway/off-off-Broadway theatre model in NYC

True

There is a very active theatre culture in Israel, which also includes numerous fringe theatre groups as found in Europe and the U.S., but most of the recent theatrical works explore the complexities of Middle Eastern politics and Israel's relationship with Palestine

True

When a costume is created in the costume shop under the supervision of the designer, this is known as building a costume.

True

A circular revolving unit that is set into the floor, and which can turn mechanically to bring one set into view as another disappears, is a

Turntable

If an actor is near the edge of the stage closest to the audience, and she turns her back and walks away from the audience, she is walking

Upstage

________ was a series of variety acts—music, sketches, juggling, animal acts—that made up an evening's entertainment

Vaudeville

A low platform on wheels upon which set pieces and even actors are brought onstage is called a

Wagon

In 1973, ________ adapted Euripides's The Bacchae for the National Theatre in England

Wole Soyink

______ is a Nigerian playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and whose plays include Death and the King's Horsemen

Wole Soyinka

It was not until the twentieth century that African American performers presented Shakespeare

False

Joshua Sobol

Israel

The objective of costumes are many. For example, costumes help establish the style of the production. Which of the following, however, is NOT one of a costumer's objectives:

Draw attention to the skill of the designer

When sound effects are recorded and arranged in the order of their appearance in the script, the process is called

Editing

A conventional spot light that throws a sharp, concentrated light and allows for the shaping of the beam with shutters is called a(n)

Ellipsoidal reflector spot light

Deborah Warner

England

Tom Stoppard

England

Sound that recreates the noises of everyday life and help create the verisimilitude of a play, but are not specifically called for by the script, are called

Environmental sounds

Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre are two contemporary feminist playwrights

False

August Wilson's ten-play cycle of plays chronicles the Asian American experience in the U.S., beginning with the "gold rush" of 1849

False

Because costumes must stand out from the scenery in order to be seen, costumes are rarely designed to be consistent with the scenic design for a production.

False

Beyond the confines of Broadway and touring professional theatre, there is not a great deal of diversity available in theatre around the country in the early twenty-first century

False

Computerized design, known technically as computer-assisted design (CAD), is very inflexible: the designer is often at a disadvantage when making instantaneous changes from what appears on the screen, even so she can, with some difficulty, indicate to the director and others alternative plans and features of a stage set.

False

The development of a ________ is an extremely important step in preparing for the show to begin rehearsals so the actors and director know how their patterns of movement will be affected by the placement of scenic elements and/or furniture.

Floor plan or ground plan

When a beam of light is aimed at a particular area on the stage, it is said to be

Focused

Yasmina Reza

France

A conventional spot light that produces a soft-edged beam and allows for variable beam spread is called a(n)

Fresnel spot light

Heiner Müller

Germany

Peter Handke

Germany

Joshua Sobol is the Israeli dramatist who wrote an important play about the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, called

Ghetto

A firm material called lauan placed on a wooden or hollow metal frame, which can be painted and, in addition, have three-dimensional plastic moldings attached to it to create cornices, chair rails, and other features, is called a

Hard cover flat

Roman togas and soldiers' helmets primarily suggest which of the following?

Historical period

Contemporary Asian theatre has evolved dramatically, and yet traditional theatrical forms from India, China, and Japan continue in popularity, including

Japanese nō, bunraku, and kabuki; Beijing opera, and Indian kathakali theatre styles

The best-known of his innovations, designer Josef Svoboda used screens in conjunction with actors; the actors were part of the film, and the film was part of the action. He called this

Lanterna magika

A light plot does NOT include the

Length of light curves

Bustles or corsets affect which of the following areas?

Line, shape, and silhouette

The Donmar Warehouse, noted for active fringe theatre productions, is located in

London

The Beauty Queen of the Leenane, The Pillowman, and The Cripple of Inishmaan, all by the playwright ________, have been brought to Broadway in the past ten years

Martin McDonagh

Which of the following is a critical member of the lighting design team?

Master electrician

Contemporary film actors Geoffrey Rush and Cate Blanchett have appeared with this theatre company in Australia

Melbourne La Mama Theatre

The ________ was a variety show that featured white performers wearing blackface

Minstrel Show

A small-scale, three-dimensional version of the set is called a

Model

Sounds that are called for in the script are called

Motivated sound

Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers all were composers who worked in the ________ form

Musical Comedy

________ is a form of musical entertainment that emerged in America in the 1920s and which features a light, comic story interspersed with popular music

Musical Comedy

The amplification of sounds produced by a performer or musical instrument is called

Sound reinforcement

When light from one area falls into an adjacent area, it is said to

Spill

"Stethoscope" suggests which of the following?

Status and personality

A "laboratory coat" is typical of which of the following categories?

Status and personality

_____ is a Japanese director whose theatre emphasized physical movement, ensemble playing, and the combination of the new and the old, the traditional and the experimental.

Tadashi Suzuki

The person responsible for seeing that the scenery, platforms, and other elements are built, painted, and installed onstage is called a

Technical director

Which of the following responses places these theatrical lighting practices in the proper chronological order?

The sun, candles and oil lamps, gaslight, limelight, incandescent lights, LEDs

A rough sketch that provides the basis for further discussions between the director and the scene designer is called a

Thumbnail sketch

Fresnel lighting instruments are most often used for

Top lighting

A Trip to Coontown was the first black musical, conceived, written, produced, and directed by Bob Cole and William Johnson in 1898

True