Theatre final

The dramaturg serves an increasingly important function particularly in regional theatre or period pieces, since their work encompasses research related to

All of these answers are correct

Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the dramaturg?

-identifying significant plays from the past that have been overlooked -designing the program -reading new plays

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

a strip light or flood.

A stage set should tell the audience

all of these answers are correct

A medieval morality play is an example of

allegory

The Crucible by Arthur Miller represents

allegory

Which of the following serves as a parable or lesson?

allegory

is the representation of an abstract theme or subject through the symbolic use of characters, actions, or other elements of a production.

allegory

Auteur is a French word that means

author

Select the response that places the directing activities in the proper order:

developing a concept, casting, blocking/staging, technical rehearsal, dress rehearsal

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

director

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the stage manager?

discovering promising new plays and working with playwrights on developing their scripts

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

false

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

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 an area of concern for the stage manager and not the costume designer.

false

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

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

spill

The fundamental action or conflict of the play is called the

spine

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

status and personality

The way in which a play is presented, the "manner in which the spine is articulated," is called the

style

In a ___technical___ rehearsal the performers are onstage with scenery, lighting, and sound for the first time and the primary focus is the mechanical and physical aspects of the production.

technical

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.

Sound travels more slowly than light.

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

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

All of these answers are correct

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.

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

All of these answers are correct.

The technical rehearsal is the time to establish

All of these answers is correct.

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

Australia

Which 2004 musical featured puppets?

Avenue Q

___________ is when a director decides where and when performers move and position themselves on the stage.

Blocking/staging

Augusto ___Boal___ was a Brazilian playwright and theorist noted for his theoretical work Theatre of the Oppressed.

Boal

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

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

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

Next to Normal

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

Palestine.

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

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

Color can be used to indicate changes in character.

True

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

True

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

True

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

Warner__

Walking sticks and parasols are examples of

accessories

A strong design concept

all of the above

The objectives of the scene designer do NOT include

assisting in the blocking of the production

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.

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

character flaws

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.

comedy

A controlling idea, vision, or point of view that the director feels is appropriate to the play is called a directorial

concept

Shows by Stephen Sondheim, such as Company and Assassins, are examples of the ___concept___ musical form.

concept

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

concept musical

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the producer?

creating a central metaphor for the play

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

cross fade

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

cues

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

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

performers facing the audience

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

sound reinforcement.

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

A first hand, cutter/draper, and a stitcher are essential costume shop personnel that work 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 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

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

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 1950s.

true

Asian American theatres 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

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 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

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

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

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 as well as 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 in off-off Broadway in theatres such as Cafe 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

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 also gave rise to a significant number of Cuban American plays, performed predominantly in Florida.

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 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

The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice is an example of

expressionism

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

false

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

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

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

flat

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

focused

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.

ground plan

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 comices, chair rails, and other features, is called a

hard flat

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

historical period

is sometimes called "slice-of-life" drama.

naturalism

A(n) ___opera___ is a drama set entirely to music.

opera

In the nonprofit theatre, which of the following is NOT a front of house responsibility?

raising money to finance the production

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_

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

true

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

true

was at its height during the first quarter of the twentieth century; it gave outward expression to inward feelings.

Expressionism

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

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

Fresnel spot light.

Athol ___Fugard___ is the author of Master Harold...and the Boys.

Fugard

Athol ___Fugard___ is a South African playwright whose plays often attacked apartheid.

Fugard_

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

Ghetto.

_______________ is the term for when characters and their activities are intended to resemble life, but a certain license is allowed.

Heightened realism

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

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

Melbourne La Mama Theatre

Wole ___Soyinka___ is a Nigerian playwright who won the nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and whose plays include Death and the King's Horsemen.

Soyinka

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 the beam of light and allow for numerous decorative or atmospheric patterns, are now used industry-wide. Such lights are called

automated lights.

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

body mike.

A ___book___ musical is a show that has a story- which traces the fortunes of the main character through a series of adventures with a beginning, middle and end- and features more popular songs.

book

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 the costumer's objectives:

draw attention to the skill of the designer

In a ___dress___ rehearsal all of the elements are performed as if an audience were present, with no stops or interruptions and with full lights, scenery, costumes, and sound.

dress

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

editing.

The starting point and foundation for this type of director is a script written by a playwright other then them self.

either traditional director or auteur director ????

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.

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.

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

Digital sound technology allows musical instruments to be connected through 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 1960's and 1970's.

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, and Miss Saigon.

false

The African Grove Theater was the first black theatre company in the U.S. 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

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

false

Which of the following is NOT a collaborator of the costume designer?

fashion or style editor

The emergence of the director as a separate creative figure can partly be attributed to the

increase in the numerous forms of communication, which opened up a world of other cultures to examine and bring life on stage

musicals 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.

jukebox

A light plot does NOT include the

length of light cues.

Bustles or corsets affect which of the following areas?

line, shape, and silhouette

Which of the following is a major responsibility of the stage manager?

maintain the lighting/sound/scene designer's and director's vision of rhythm and pace through the proper and consistent calling of all cues during the run

In the nonprofit theatre, the person or group with the responsibilities of the producer is called the

manager

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

master electrician

The ___minstrel___ show was a variety show that featured white performers wearing blackface.

minstrel

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

model

Sounds that are called for in the script are called

motivated sounds.

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

musical

Attempts to put onstage as exact a copy of life as possible, down to the smallest detail, are an example of

naturalism

A ___preview___ is a performance in front of an audience prior to the "official" opening of the play, when the director and the performers discover which parts of the play are successful and which are not.

preview

The movement, pace, and rhythm of a play are NOT affected by the

producer

Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the director?

raising money for the production

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

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

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 costume 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

When a performer closely resembles in real life the character to be enacted, this is known as

typecasting

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 crossing

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