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THAR 170 MIDTERM
review for theatre midterm
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Undergraduate 2
10/04/2007

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what is art?
Definition
skill, beauty, meaning
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art has 5 elements... name them:
Definition
-created by humans
-structure
-subject
-medium
-reaction
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The book of theatre does or doesn't exist?
Definition
DOES NOT EXIST
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what makes theatre unique?
Definition
-live
-collaborative
-about the human experience
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Who thought theatre should uplift the soul?
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Aristotle
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Who thought theater should educate AND entertain?
Definition
Horace
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Who thought theater was dangerous because people cant decipher reality from what is on stage?
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Plato
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Peter Brooke said that theater only needed what three things?
Definition
-empty space
-someone to walk across it
-someone to watch
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Who said all theater is political?
Definition
Brecht
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What does NEA stand for?
Definition
National Endowment for the Arts
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What is the difference between entertainer and artist?
Definition
entertainer --> entertains

artist --> communicates, asks questions, answer questions about the world
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what is suspension of disbelief?
Definition
the willingness to believe what happens on stage is real
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What is aesthetic distance?
Definition
(Brecht)
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who is associated with theater of the oppressed?
Definition
Augusto Boal
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Who wrote Zoot Suit?
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Luiz Valdez
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who is associated with theater of protest?
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Luiz Valdez
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Who is associated with cross-cultural theater?
Definition
Suzuki
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Who associated with theater of identity?
Definition
-Suzan Lori Parks
-Lorraine Hansbury
-Tony Kusher
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which type of theater breaks the 4th wall -- includes audience?
Definition
Presentational
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Which type of theater represents life -- realism?
Definition
Representational
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what is the indivisible wall between audience and theater?
Definition
fourth wall
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What did Aristotle outline as the 6 elements that make a good tragedy?
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-Plot
-Character
-Diction/Dialogue
-Thought/Theme
-Spectacle
-Song
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what is creativity?
Definition
moment of insight
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what are the 5 characteristics of creative people?
Definition
-burning curiosity
-power of concentration
-ability to find order
-mental agility
-willingness to take risks and accept failure
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What are the four expertise of theater?
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-creative
-construction
-administrative
-production
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What is bowldarize?
Definition
take out foul language

-can't do w/ published/copyrighted work
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who is the primary artist?
Definition
playwright
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who keeps story moving?
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protagonist
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against protagonist
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antagonist
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what is theme?
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moral idea -- central idea
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what is the astor place riot?
Definition
competing Macbeth actors
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what is story?
Definition
everything that happens
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what is plot?
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how it fits together
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what is subtext?
Definition
whats going on underneath text

"hidden meaning"
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script (playwright) is limited to what three things?
Definition
-dialogue
-stage directions
-parentheticals
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what is stasis?
Definition
motionless, status quo, beginning
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what is major dramatic question?
Definition
hook of the story

heros dilemma
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what is disturbance?
Definition
intrusion, starts things in motion
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what is darkest moment?
Definition
rock bottom for protagonist
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what is enlightenment?
Definition
know what to do (lightbulb)
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what is climax?
Definition
moment of most tension
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what is denoument?
Definition
stasis restored -- final outcome
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actors train what? (3)
Definition
-bodies
-minds
-voices
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Who said acting is reacting?
Definition
Meisner
Term
who created "magic if"?
Definition
Stanislovsky
Term
who is associated with method acting and empathy?
Definition
Stanislovsky
Term
who said you can act with feet?

need physical/mental stamina
Definition
Suzuki
Term
years ago, what did actors train as?
Definition
apprentice
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what is character(tragic) flaw?
Definition
something great that leads to downfall
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what is super-objective?
Definition
overall arch of play
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what is motivation?
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reason character does something
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what are things known about the character such as age, ethnicity, sex, etc.?
Definition
given circumstances
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what is inner conflict?
Definition
ghost from the past
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what is substitution?
Definition
using something in memory to create a certain emotion

ie. cold shower for killing self
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rehearsal proceeds in what order?
Definition
-table work
-block
-off book
-tech rehearsal
-dress rehearsal
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Who wrote "Towards a Poor Theater"?
Definition
Grotowski
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who is the captain of the ship or the go-to-guy?
Definition
director
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which type of director is accurate to what playwright wanted?
Definition
interpretive
Term
which type of director is more about the concept rather than sticking straight to the playwrights words?
Definition
creative
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who was the first director to put stamp on something?
Definition
George II
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what happens pre-rehearsal?
Definition
-script analysis
-research
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what is a dramaturg?
Definition
theater historian/ researcher/ helps director
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what is french scene?
Definition
character enters or exists
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what is beat?
Definition
smallest unit of action
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what is blocking?
Definition
movement of actors on stage
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what are stage directions?
Definition
from actors point of view
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what is cattle call?
Definition
-ie. chorus line
-lots of ppl at once
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what is call back?
Definition
after initial -- want more
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what is cold reading?
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no preparation
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what are sides (auditions)?
Definition
only get your part of the script
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what is production concept?
Definition
-central idea
-theme
-look
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