Theatre Knowledge Quiz

The person who oversees all aspects of the production

• Director

• Producer

• Cinematographer

• Editor

When performers take a bow at the end of a show.

• Curtain call

• Intermission

• Opening act

• Encore

In the theatre you don’t say good luck, you say this.

• Break a leg

• Good luck

• Have fun

• Do your best

To turn an actor’s body toward the audience.

• Cheat out

• Turn away

• Face backstage

• Look down

In this style of acting, actors create in themselves the thoughts and emotions of their character.

• Method

• Classical

• Improvisational

• Physical

Something that is said or done to prompt a line of dialogue or an action.

• Cue

• Hint

• Signal

• Prompt

A style of theatre in which there is no script.

• Improv

• Opera

• Musical

• Pantomime

The imaginary wall between actors and the audience.

• Fourth wall

• Stage curtain

• Backdrop

• Proscenium arch

An actor who learns a part “just in case” the regular actor can’t do it.

• Understudy

• Director

• Producer

• Stage Manager

Term for the main character with whom the audience is intended to identify.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Narrator

• Sidekick