Drama - Unit Five: Improvisation

Making the audience feel that each performance of the play is the first time is the goal of:

• situation-centered approach
• character-centered approach
• “illusion of the first time”
• Improvisation

_____ focuses on one (or more than one) character who experiences different situations; it emphasizes each character’s response to situations.

• situation-centered approach
• improvisation
• “illusion of the first time”
• character-centered approach

“Stay in character for the whole performance.” This is advice you may give a friend who was to perform a(n)

• prepared speech
• improvisation
• public announcement
• soliloquy

Inappropriately diverting attention away from the main actors by calling attention to yourself is known as

• Situation-centered approach
• Character-centered approach
• Scene-stealing 
• Motivation

The natural way in which a person responds to a stimulus—

• Motivated Sequence
• Stimulus
• Spontaneity
• Situation

The portrayal of a character or a scene without rehearsal or preparation is called

• character sketch
• scene-stealing
• improvisation
• characterization

Improvisation is...

• Scripted
• Unscripted

Improvisation is demanding for an actor because...

• There a a lot of lines to learn
• It requires in depth character analysis
• You are just going where your imagination takes you
• The games have too many rules

Good improvisation requires collaboration and...

• Desire
• A college degree in theatre
• strong opinions
• Trust

Successful improvisers say yes...

• way
• and
• sir
• I do