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accept that what we watch isn’t real, but choosing to accept reality of it. (pretend it’s real)

Willing suspension of Disbelief

explains what he or she intended to accomplish with the play

Directors Note/Playwrights Note

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Theatre

Midterm

Question	Answer
Performing art, can only be created by humans	Theatre
Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty	Aesthetics
What the work is about	Subject
Method, substance, style and technique used to create the work	Medium
Created by manipulating material in space	Spatial Arts
Created by applying line and color to 2-D surfaces	Pictoral Arts
Created with written language	Literary Arts
An act performing by a person	Performing Art
Form of theatre that tells a story about people, their actions, and the conflicts that result	Drama
Key to the movement of a story and is what qualifies a theatrical work as a play	Conflict
Big musicals as well as comedies and dramas that are intended to be entertaining and profitable	Commercial Theatre
Presents dramas that use the styles, themes, and staging of plays of a particular historical period	Historical theatre
Allows playwrights, directors, and actors to express their personal opinions about current issues, treands, and politics	Political Theatre
Push the limits of theatre	Experimental plays
Designed to support the heritage, customs and point of view of a particular people, religion, class, country, or community	Cultural Theatre
Principles, standards, or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable within a given society	Values
Individual Contributors to the arts	Patrons
Restaurant donating to a local theatre because a successful theatre can increase dinner receipts	Corporate Funding
Money spent each year on the arts by federal, state, and local entities	Government funding
Federal agency that disburses our arts tax dollars	National Endowment for the Arts
Pursue maximum profit because by reaffirming the audience's value	Bourgeois theatre
legal guarantee granted by the government to authors, playwrights, composers, choreographers, inventors, publishers, and/or corporations that allows them to maintain control and profit from their creative works	Copyright
payment /rent made to the playwright or the playwrights estate for the use of their intellectual property	Royalty Pay
exaggerated limitations that are done for comic effect or political criticism	Parody
values, standards, and patterns of a behavior of a particular group of ppl	Culture
fads and fashions that dominate mainstream media, music, and art for a period of time	pop culture
process of learning about our culture	Enculturation
endeavor to overcome all forms of discrimination, including racism, sexism, homophobia, so that ppl can coexist peacefully and attempt to achieve a pluralist society	Multiculturalism
shortcuts in thinking that attribute a generalized identity to ppl who are not like us	Sterotypes
promotes a particular ppl’s awareness of themselves and their experiences, traditions, and culture	Theatre of Identity
in NYC, 2nd Avenue	"Yiddish Broadway"
the black struggle for artistic independence that took place during the 1920s-30s	Harlem Renaissance
based on white ppls perceptions of black life in the South	Minstrel Show
when whites put on black paint	Blackface
hostility towards the ruling class, race, or culture	Theatre of Protest
borrows contrasting ideas from diverse cultures and joins them into a single work	Cross-Cultural Theatre
when ppl think their view of the world is the correct way to see it	Ethnocentrism
the functioning of humans when they come together into groups	Group Dynamics
give away a lot of free tickets to the families and friends of cast members to	Paper the House
accept that what we watch isn’t real, but choosing to accept reality of it. (pretend it’s real)	Willing suspension of Disbelief
audience’s ability to remove themselves from a work of art just far enough so that they can contemplate it	Aesthetic Distance
makes no attempt to offer a realistic illusion onstage, and the actors openly acknowledge the audience and sometimes even invite members to participate	Presentational theatre
actors never acknowledge the audience and go about their business as if there were no audience present	Representational Theatre
style of theatre that attempts to portray life as accurately as possible	Realism
an imaginary wall between the actors and audience	Fourth Wall
start of the show	Curtain
open to public before the play officially opens (1/2 price)	Preview Performance
explains what he or she intended to accomplish with the play	Directors Note/Playwrights Note
pictures and information about the cast and production	Souvenir Programs
evaluations of a production and are often published in newspapers or magazine	Reviews
not meant to draw ppl to a particular production or warn them away from it, nor is it based solely on opinion	Dramatic Criticism
altering, restricting, or suppressing of info, images, or words circulated within a society	Censorship
got parliament to pass laws banning unlicensed plays	Licensing Act
remove any possibly vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material before publication	Bowdlerize
dozens of artist and technicians who join together to make it appear as if a performance were the product of a single creative mind	Ensemble
plays performed by a theatre company during the course of a season	Repertory
dark stage lit by a single bare light mounted on a portable pole	Ghost Light
shop where costumes are cleaned, sewn, fitted, and washed	Costume Shop
reads and evaluates the play for a new season (liaison between playwrights, agents, and the theatre)	Literary Manager
someone who financially backs the theatre or orchestrates funding through grant money and ticket sales	Producer or producing director
in charge of the overall creative vision or goal of the ensemble	Artistic Director
runs the show during the performance and helps the director throughout the rehearsal process	Stage Manager
standard scenery unit made of wooden frames covered with canvas, muslin, or thin plywood	Flat
where every aspect of the production is recorded	Prompt Book
the entire ensemble know how rehearsal went and informs designers about any concerns or ideas that came up that affect the set, lights, props, or costume	Rehearsal Report
notes written to the actors and crew that include problems that occurred and what needs to be fixed before the next performance	Performance Report
supervises the construction crews (painters, carpenters..)	Technical Director
study the costume designer’s drawings and renderings then find a way to cut fabric into patterns that realize the design	Drapers
used temporarily during rehearsal so that the actors get a feel for the actual costumes long before they are ready	Rehersal Costumes
works of props for the next production	Prop Master
any objects the actors handle while onstage	Prop
used during rehearsals to represent the real property that the actors will not be able to use until the last week of rehearsals	Rehersal props
Supervises all aspects of a musical and conducts the orchestra during the performance	Musical Director
Created new dance numbers and is teaching the steps to the dancers	Choreographer
showing the actors how ppl moved during the Restoration	Movement Coach
experts at staging safe, realistic, make-believe fights	Flight Director
helps actors with speech clarity, volume, and preservation of their voices for the long run of the show	Vocal Coach
works with various effects recordings as she synthesizes the sounds, so that everything from the preshow sound exactly right (ex. ringing a doorbell)	Sound Designer
uses CAD to design a set for a production that won’t be needed for months	Set Designer
A. literary advisor and expert in theatre history who helps the director understand specifics about a play’s performance history. B. they serve as a literary manager	Dramaturg
when all aspects of the production are discussed and evaluated	Production Meeting
states the theatre’s purpose and key objectives	Mission Statement
works on promoting the next play	Publicity Department
artistic gathering held long before the play is cast or the sets and costumes designed (when everyone interprets the script)	Concept Meeting
usually located behind the theatre and has a little lobby where there is a notice board	Stage Door
time the actors have to arrive at the theatre	Call
where the props are laid out	Prop table
runs sound cues and makes sure speakers, mixer, amplifiers, backstage monitor, and intercom are working	Sound board operator
place where audience sits	house
ensures everything is where it needs to be	Prop Check
in charge of all the ushers	House Manager
place where actors wait before their entrances	Greenroom
Make sure that everything runs smoothly during the scene	Assistant Stage manager
helps backstage	running crew
shift scenery and generally set up the play for next scene	stagehands
help actors make quick costume changes	dressers
mount and operate curtains, sets, and anything else that must move via fly system above the stage (flymen)	Riggers
Curtains used of the sides of the stage	legs
frame the top of the stage	Teasers
used to make the stage appear opaque when a scene downstage (in front) of it is lighted, and transparent or translucent when a scene is upstage (behind) the scrim light	Scrims
Large stretched curtain suspended from a u-shape rod	Cyclorama
all employees must belong and which the employer formally recognizes as their sole collective bargaining agent	Closed-shop union
powerful closed-shop union	Writers Guild of America (WGA)
membership is optional, so meaningful strikes are impossible	open-shop union
playwright's union	Dramatist Guild of America(DGA)
spoken text of the play, words the characters say	dialogue
short descriptions (ex. angry)	Parenthetical
notes that indicate the physical movements of the characters	stage directions
search results in a statement about life, a central idea, or moral; motivated the writing of the play	Theme
characters’ deeds, their responses to circumstances, which in turn affect the course of the story	Actions
hidden meaning behind the words, the real reason a character chooses to speak	Subtext
casual and logical structure that connects events	Plot
playwright’s selection of events to create a logical sequence and as a result to distill meaning from the chaos of life	Plot-structure
category of an artistic work that has a particular form, style, or subject matter	Genre
let the audience in on what happened to the characters before the play began and what happens between scenes and offstage	Exposition
central character who pushes forward the action of the play	Protagonist
who stands in the way of the protagonist’s goals	Antagonist
unusual incident, special occasion, or crisis in the characters lives	Event
inciting incident that upsets the balance and gets the action rolling by creating an opportunity for conflict between pro and anta	Disturbance
disturbance that causes the situation to deteriorate to the point where the protagonist must make a major decision	Point of Attack
the hook that keeps ppl in the theatre for 2 hrs b/c they want to know answers	Major dramatic question (MDQ)
means that each conflict, crisis, and complication is more dramatic and more serious that the ones before it	Rising Action
when protagonist fails for internal or external reasons, the quest collapses, and the goal seems unattainable	Dark Moment
when protagonist fails for internal or external reasons, the quest collapses, and the goal seems unattainable	Enlightenment
point of the greatest dramatic tension in the play, the moment the antagonist is defeated	Climax
final outcome of the play, short final scene	Denouncement
system for transcribing the sounds of speech	International phonetic alphabet (IPA)-
psychological approach to acting	Stanislavsky system (method acting)-
think back over a certain incident and remover it well enough to relive the accompanying emotions	Emotional Memory
working from the outside in, concentrating on physical details	Technical approach
ability to understand and identify with another’s situation, feelings, and motive so completely that you feel you are experiencing that situation and those emotions	Empathy
stimulate the imagination toward empathy	Magic IF
replace the character’s emotions with unrelated but personal emotions of their own	Substitution
situation, their problems, and the limits life has place on them	Given Circumstances
driving force that governs the characters actions throughout the entire play	Super-objective
being in conflict with themselves; ghost from the past	Inner Conflict
inner conflict powerful enough to affect the character’s good judgment and cause the character to make unfortunate choices	Character Flaw
reason a character takes a particular action	Motivation
Union that represents stage actors	Actors' equity association
represents movie and television actors	Screen actors guild (SAG)
represents talk show hosts as well as announcers, singers, disc jockeys, newscasters, and even stunt ppl	American federation of television and radio artists (AFTRA)
open call audition	Cattle Call
list that impresses director; called back for 2nd or 3rd audition	Call Back
actors aren’t given a chance to prepare	Cold Reading
turns the printed script, the blueprint, into a production	Director
playwright directors that write, instruct performers, and advise designers and technicians	Didaskalos
begins whenever a character enters or exits and continues until the next entrance or exit	French Scene
next smaller structural unit; section of dialog about a particular subject or idea	Beat
this is the metaphor, thematic idea, symbol, or allegory that will be central to the whole production	Production concept
specialize in finding the right actor to fit the part	Casting Directors
hire an actor who physically matches the role	Cast-to-type
deliberately cast actors who are exact opposite of, or very different from expected	Cast-Against-Type
casting without regard for the characters gender	Gender-neutral Casting
intentionally casting men to play women’s roles and women to play men’s	Cross-Gender Casting
choosing actor without regard to their race or ethnic background	Color-blind casting
helps director	assistant Director
movement of actors on stage	Blocking
in theatre, directors must gain the audience’s attention and direct their gaze to a particular spot or actor	Focus
basic way a director achieves focus	Sharing Focus
half away from the audience	Profile
actors who take focus when they aren’t supposed to	Stealing Focus(Upstaging)
a way to achieve focus; each area is labeled	Stage Area
when there are 3 actors, or groups of actors on stage, whoever is at the upstage or downstage apex of the triangle generally takes the focus	Triangulation
composing pictures with the actors that reinforce the story	Pictuization
try to translate the play from the page to the stage as accurately and faithfully as possible	Interpretive Director
add concepts, designs, or interpretations atop the playwright’s words that were never intended by the playwright (concept productions)	Creative Director

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