Theatre: Art in Action

Chapter 2: Directing & Producing

Select the letter that correctly completes the sentence or answers the question.


1.	The main responsibility of the director in a production is the _______________.
		A)	monitoring of ticket sales
		B)	presentation of a well-thought-out interpretation of a script
		C)	management of the design team
		D)	marketing and publicity


2.	The main responsibility of the producer in a production is the _______________.
		A)	creative vision
		B)	business end
		C)	design of the set
		D)	production concept


3.	The producer's staff includes the _______________.
		A)	stage manager
		B)	prompter
		C)	artistic director
		D)	assistant director


4.	The production team is NOT responsible for the _______________.
		A)	lighting
		B)	costumes
		C)	sound
		D)	script


5.	Theatre is NOT defined by _______________.
		A)	a story to tell
		B)	performers to tell a story
		C)	an audience to respond to a story
		D)	critics to review a story


6.	A performance that is viewed through a "picture frame" is conducted on an _______________.
		A)	proscenium stage
		B)	thrust stage
		C)	arena stage
		D)	backstage


7.	A stage area in which the audience is on all sides is called a/an _______________.
		A)	proscenium stage area
		B)	thrust stage area
		C)	arena stage area
		D)	downstage area


8.	The area where the audience sits is called the _______________.
		A)	house
		B)	green room
		C)	lobby
		D)	apron


9.	The stage house is the area that includes the _______________.
		A)	prop table
		B)	stage door
		C)	fly space
		D)	stage manager's booth


10.	The backstage area does NOT include the _______________.
		A)	wings
		B)	scene shop
		C)	call board
		D)	box office