Theatre Careers Test

What career works with everyone else involved in the production so everything runs smoothly?

• Stage Manager

• Director

• Producer

• Actor

What career brings the director’s vision of the play to life on the stage?

• Director

• Set Designer

• Producer

• Actor

What career oversees the backstage team as well as the lighting and sound operators, and makes sure the actors are on stage at the right time?

• Actor

• Stage Manager

• Director

• Producer

What is a role of the Director?

• Choose a script to perform, then audition actors who best fit each role.

• Consider body, voice, and brain to communicate ideas to the audience.

• Create conflict and drama to keep an audience entertained.

• All of the above

Who makes sure the actors’ voices are clear to the whole audience, using microphones and speakers?

• Stage Manager

• Producer

• Actor

• Sound Designer

What career finds the right light to help communicate meaning and create atmosphere and mood?

• Set Designer

• Lighting Designer

• Sound Designer

• Stage Manager

What career develops a plot, characters, and dialogue, and may do lots of research to make characters feel real?

• Director

• Stage Manager

• Actor

• Playwright

What does an actor do to carry out their job?

• C. Help actors bring their characters to life. Give regular feedback, called notes.

• A. Bring imagination and skills of observation to create believable characters.

• B. Consider body, voice, and brain to communicate ideas to the audience.

• D. Work with the set designer to know what the stage will look like.

• A & B only

What is something the Lighting Designer must consider when designing for a play?

• Time and location

• Mood of the scene

• Vision of the director

• All of the above

What career decides what the set should look like as the play is performed and tells the story of the play through the set?

• Lighting Designer

• Set Designer

• Sound Designer

• Costume Designer