theater final

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Act 2

Genre

point of view

Subtext

David Henry Hwang

Tragedy and Traditional Tragedy

Closet drama

Modern Tragedy

Playwright

Point of attack

Domestic drama

Melodrama

Comedy

Rising action

Falling action

Farce

Satire

Slapstick

Stock Characters

Domestic Comedy

Comedy of Manners

Denouement

Tragicomedy/black comedy

Theatre of the Absurd

Antagonist and Protagonist

Exposition

Climax

Plot and subplot

Obstacle

Romantic comedy

High & Low comedy

Script

Theme

Realism

Naturalism

Act 3

Robert Edmond Jones

Fourth wall

Found space/site specific

Proscenium theatre/stage/arch

Turntable stage

Scrim

Strike

Masking

Wings

Platform(s) stage

Thrust stage

Apron

Arena stage

Wagon(s) stage

Fly loft/space/flies

Black box theatre

Renderings

House

Cyclorama

Sightlines

Act curtain

Design concept

Technical director

Ghostlight

Terms: Costume, Makeup & Wigs

Stitchers

Pulling

Fitting

Distressing

Wardrobe supervisor/crew

Costume plot

Drapers/Cutters/Pattern-makers

Milliner

Wigmaster (Designer/Supervisor)

Makeup Designer

Costume renderings

Costume designer

Terms: Lighting

Catwalk

Elliposidal reflector spotlight

Automated lights

Dimmers

Functions of lighting design

Fresnel

Light cues

Gels

LEDs

Lighting Designer

Master Electrician

Light Board (Operator)

Light plot

Terms: Sound

Sound designer

Body mike

Sound reinforcement

Amplification

Underscoring

Terms: Scenic & Properties

Role of scene designer

Props designer

Box set

Ground plan

Drop

Flat

Master carpenter

Scenic projection design

Act 4

Magic If

Objective

Super objective

Open/Closed call

Cold reading

Stanislavsky "The Method of Physical Action"

Auteur

Metaphor

Rhetorical tradition

Blocking

Science of Applied Aesthetics

Affective memory

Theatre Producer

Production concept

Dress Rehearsal

Previews

Promptbook

Technical rehearsal

Given circumstances

Stage picture

Run-through

Biomechanics

Stage manager

Off-book

Non-traditional casting

Casting director

Tablework

Scenework

Quadrants of the stage