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Elements of Theater - OUR TOWN-0
Elements of Theater - OUR TOWN-0
CHS English I
March 25, 2013
Pick up a
DRAMA PACKET
here. It includes
your Bell-Ringer
sheet.
Elements of Theater/Drama
• This worksheet will be included in the packet
of materials you will submit to me when we
complete the unit.
• I will also provide you with a checklist to
maintain on your own as we move through
the unit.
• DO NOT lose these papers!
A performance
space in which the
audience sits in
front of the stage
and views as if
through a picture
frame
Types of Performance Stages:
• Thrust Stage:
a theater stage
that extends out
into the
audience's part
of a theater and
has seats on
three sides.
Types of Performance Stages:
• Arena Stage :
a stage
constructed so
that the audience
can sit on all
sides; also known
as "theatre-in-
the-round".
Technical Elements of
Theater/Drama: Stage Directions
• Apron: the front area of the stage extending past the
main act curtain.
• Wings: the offstage areas directly to the right and left of
the performance space.
• Center Stage: the middle point of the performance
space.
• Upstage: the area of the performance space that is
farthest away from the audience.
• Downstage: the area of the stage that is nearest to the
audience.
• Cue: a signal or line that prompts the next action of
stage business during a performance.
• Blocking: the path formed by the actor’s movement on
stage, usually determined by the director, playwright,
and/or actor.
Technical Elements of
Theater/Drama: Stage Directions
Drama:
Bell-Ringers & Exit Slips
3. A signal or line that prompts the next action of stage business during
a performance.
a) Cue
b) Action
c) Wings
Exit Slip: 3-26-2013
1. The ability to relate to the feelings of another.
a) Empathy
b) Sympathy
c) Action
3. Which characters does the Stage Manager bring out to tell the audience
about the town?
(A) Professor Willard and Mr. Webb
(B) Professor Willard and Mrs. Gibbs
(C) George Gibbs and Mrs. Soames
(D) Dr. Gibbs and Constable Warren
Bell-Ringer: 3-28-2013
1. Which of the following does not get deposited in the time capsule?
(A) A copy of Our Town
(B) A copy of the Bible
(C) A picture of the Stage Manager
(D) An issue of The Sentinel
Pick up a
BELL-RINGER
sheet here.
Bell-Ringer: 4-8-2013
1. Where is Our Town set?
(A) Spoon River, Illinois
(B) Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire
(C) Amity Harbor, Washington
(D) Winesburg, Ohio
2. During the flashback in Act II, where does George take Emily after
she accuses him of being stuck up?
(A) Home to meet his parents
(B) To the field to watch him play baseball
(C) To get an ice-cream soda
2. The offstage areas directly to the right and left of the performance space.
a) Apron
b) Wings
c) Blocking
2. What day from her earthly life does Emily decide to revisit?
(A) Her wedding day
(B) The day of her first child’s birth
(C) Her twelfth birthday
(D) Her high school graduation
3. What happens when Emily goes back and relives the past?
(A) She is unable to bear it and returns to the cemetery
(B) She decides to remain there
(C) She realizes how boring life is
(D) She finds everything has changed
Exit Slip: 4-10-2013
1. Who leads Emily back to the cemetery?
(A) Mrs. Gibbs
(B) The Stage Manager
(C) Mr. Webb
(D) An angel
2. Who comes and lays prostrate (flat) beside Emily’s grave at the end of the play?
(A) Mr. Webb
(B) Mrs. Webb
(C) The Stage Manager
(D) George
2. When Dr. Gibbs comments on the fact that Mrs. Gibbs will be losing one of her
chicks, he is referring to the fact that:
a. George is getting married
b. Mrs. Gibbs shouldn’t forgets to feed the chickens
c. George is going to Agriculture School
d. Wally is going on a camping trip
3. When Act III begins, the Stage Manager says that __________ years have passed.
–7
–8
c. 9
Exit Slip: 4-11-2013
1. According to Aristotle, this element refers to what the audience learns - the
moral of the play. (THEME)
(A) Diction
(B) Spectacle
(C) Melody
3. This element refers to how well the actor’s voice carries to the audience.
(A) Inflection
(B) Projection
(C) Breath control
Exit Slip: 4-12-2013
1. According to Aristotle, the specific words the playwright chooses to use is
referred to as what:
(A) Diction
(B) Characters
(C) Thought
2. According to Aristotle, this element of drama refers to the idea that a play must
be about someone or something - can be human or non-human.
(A) Plot
(B) Characters
(C) Thought
3. According to Aristotle, this element refers to the idea that a show must have a
beginning, middle and end. Something needs to happen and a character must be
challenged: .
(A) Plot
(B) Characters
(C) Thought
(SS): Exit Slip: 4-8-2013
1. What does Mr. Webb do for a living?
(A) He is a selectman
(B) He is the editor of the local newspaper
(C) He is a duck hunter
(D) He is a surgeon
3. Which characters does the Stage Manager bring out to tell the audience
about the town?
(A) Professor Willard and Mr. Webb
(B) Professor Willard and Mrs. Gibbs
(C) George Gibbs and Mrs. Soames
(D) Dr. Gibbs and Constable Warren
(SS): Bell-Ringer: 4-9-2013
1. The front area of the stage extending past the main act curtain.
a) Apron
b) Wings
c) Blocking
2. The offstage areas directly to the right and left of the performance space.
a) Apron
b) Wings
c) Blocking
2. During the flashback in Act II, where does George take Emily after
she accuses him of being stuck up?
(A) Home to meet his parents
(B) To the field to watch him play baseball
(C) To get an ice-cream soda
2. What day from her earthly life does Emily decide to revisit?
(A) Her wedding day
(B) The day of her first child’s birth
(C) Her twelfth birthday
(D) Her high school graduation
3. What happens when Emily goes back and relives the past?
(A) She is unable to bear it and returns to the cemetery
(B) She decides to remain there
(C) She realizes how boring life is
(D) She finds everything has changed
(SS): Exit Slip: 4-12-2013
1. Who leads Emily back to the cemetery?
(A) Mrs. Gibbs
(B) The Stage Manager
(C) Mr. Webb
(D) An angel
2. Who comes and lays prostrate (flat) beside Emily’s grave at the end of the play?
(A) Mr. Webb
(B) Mrs. Webb
(C) The Stage Manager
(D) George