Intermediate Study guide

Theater Basics (10 points)

1. Facing towards the audience is called
Cheating out
2. Speaking loudly enough to be heard by the audience is called.
projection
3. Making sure the audience can see the characters and action of the
show creates good..
Stage pictures
4. The movement given to actors by their director is called
blocking
5. Which is NOT something you look for when you score your lines?
costumes

Theater Jobs (30 points)

6. This person helps with fast changes backstage.
dresser
7. This person is in charge of advertising the show.
Marketing director
8. Someone who creates or buys anything the actors handle on stage.
Props master
9. The person who hires the actors, blocks the show.
director
10. Someone who designs the costumes of the show.
Costume designer

11. This person performs the play.

actor
12. This person designs all scenic elements of the show
Set designer
13. Head of the theater company, picks the season of shows.
Artistic director
14. A background made of wood is called a
flat
15. A background made of cloth is called a.
drop
16. Which of these is not something a costumer has to consider?
Actors opinion
17. Rubber or latex body parts (noses, chins, etc.) are called
prosthetics
18. A set that doesnt change or move throughout a show is called
Fixed set
19. Drawings of costumes to be worn by actors are called costume..
renderings
20. Individuals can invest in shows; so can large businesses Those large
businesses are called
Corporations
TRUE/FALSE (10 points)
21. A stool is a prop
false

22. A purse is a costume

false
23. Disney is a corporation that helped save Broadway
true
24. The section of the stage closest to the audience is upstage
false
25. The correct sequence for a bruise is black, brown, light red, green,
yellow
false

Label all 9 sections, and the

wings/backstage
Stage Geography (10 points)
Audience

wing

DSL

DS

SL

Center

USL

US

DSR

SR

USR

wing

30. What is the part behind upstage called?

backstage

Practical Applications (20 points)

You and a partner will present the scenes you were assigned from the
class play. Once all written tests are turned in, you will receive 5 minutes
to practice your scene with you partner. Your scene will be graded based
on the following rubric.