Definition: a play that presents its theme and characters in a humorous way. All characters come together at the end of the play.
Comedy
Melodrama
Drama
Tragedy
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: the conversation between actors on the stage.
Act
Dialogue
Exposition
Plot
4. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: offstage spaces to the sides of the acting area.
Backstage
Off Stage
Wings
House
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: the arrangement of the incidents that take place in a play.
Plot
Exposition
Climax
Spectacle
6. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: a four-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away, enabling the audience to view the play as if it were in a picture frame.
Thrust Stage
Proscenium Stage
BlackBox Stage
Arena Stage
7. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: all visual elements of production, such as scenery, properties, lighting, costumes, makeup, stage movement, and dance.
Act
On Stage
Exposition
Spectacle
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: nine to fifteen divisions of the stage floor, used by directors when moving actors or placing furniture or scenery.
Performance Space
Stage
Acting Areas
Flexible Staging
9. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: the principal character who represents the main thought of the play.
Narrator
Antagonist
Actor
Protagonist
10. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: center of the stage. *What is the abbreviation?
(US)
(SR)
(DS)
(CS)
11. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: major division of a play.
Plot
Act
Climax
Exposition
12. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: any stage not classified as proscenium, arena, or thrust.
BlackBox Stage
Proscenium Stage
Flexible Staging
Apron
13. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: an exaggerated, fast-moving play in which action is more important than characterization. The “good guys” win and the “bad guys” are punished.
Melodrama
Drama
Comedy
Tragedy
14. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: the section of the theater where the audience sits; also called “out front”.
Back Stage
House
Wings
Off Stage
15. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: the personality an actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from his or her own personality.
Antagonist
Character
Protagonist
Acting
16. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: anything beyond the stage setting not visible to the audience.
Off Stage
Back Stage
Wings
House
17. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: turning point in the action of a play.
Exposition
Act
Climax
Tragedy
18. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: the area where the players perform; usually a raised platform.
Acting Areas
Theater
Performance Space
Stage
19. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Definition: a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.