ACTORS, QUIZ 3: DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS  10362

Question 1

In commercial theater, the job of hiring the director and performers belongs to:

 The Producer  

 The Designers  

 The Stage Manager  

 The Director  

Question 2

In classical acting, an actor must be able to handle both speaking poetry and techniques in sword fighting (fencing)

 True  

 False  

Question 3

Konstantin Stanislavski was:

 All these answers are true  

 Co-founder of the Moscow Art Theater  

 Russian  

 An actor  

 An acting teacher  

Question 4

The "actor's instrument" is:

 The voice and body  

 The mind  

 Just the voice  

 The piano  

Question 5

Sub text is:

 What people on submarines read  

 The underlying meaning of the written text  

 Just another name for the script  

 A term that doesn't have much to do with theater  

Question 6

Holding auditions and casting a show is the job of:

 The actors  

 The stage manager  

 The director  

 The producer  

Question 7

One of the concepts Stanislavski had of how to achieve an inner truth was called the "Magic If"

 True  

 False  

Question 8

A director first meets with designers a couple of weeks after rehearsals begin

 True  

 False  

Question 9

Stanislavski found that developing an inner truth for a character was one of the important elements of realistic acting.

 True  

 False  

Question 10

In theater, the word "Blocking" means:

 Another way for an actor to say that they are learning their lines  

 The way a curtain is hung  

 What designers do in preparing for a production  

 The arrangement and movement of performers  

Question 11

In commercial theater, the producer handles the staging of the show and the director handles the money side of things

 True  

 False  

Question 12

In the interview with Margo Hall, Margo says that ______________ can "make or break a production."

 having enough copies of the play  

 Building the right team of designers  

 Having enough money  

 Having the right producer  

Question 13

When Margo Hall directs a play, she likes to approach the project fresh, without having read too much about the play or read the play very many times so that she can just figure things out as it goes along.

 True  

 False  

Question 14

The "Pace" of a show means

 Only refers to when an actor moves back and forth on the stage  

 How fast or slow the action of the play moves at  

 the movement and arrangement of actors on the stage  

 The speed at which a show sells tickets  

Question 15

Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen are best known as:

 Important American acting teachers  

 Important American playwrights  

 Silent film stars of the late 1800s  

 Important Russian playwrights  

Question 16

Konstantin Stanislavski is an important figure in American acting because:

 He developed a system for learning realistic acting  

 He was born in America  

 He was a famous theater critic for the New York Times  

 He produced a lot of Broadway musicals  

Question 17

The person most responsible for the pace of a show is:

 The sound designer  

 The actors  

 The set designer  

 The director  

Question 18

Stanislavski found that relaxation is one of the key elements to doing realistic acting.

 True  

 False  

Question 19

When Margo Hall thinks about directing a piece, imagining how the set and lights look before she even begins rehearsal is important to her.

 True  

 False  

Question 20

Margo Hall learned directing from being an actor and not from going to school specifically for directing.

 True  

 False  

Question 21

In the first rehearsals of a play, the director:

 Explains how much money the play will cost  

 Doesn't talk at all  

 Explains to the actors the meaning of the play and the style in which it will be presented  

 Doesn't work with the actors  

Question 22

Margo Hall says that in auditions she is looking for actors who:

 People she feels she can take direction  

 All these answers are true  

 Are physically in touch with their bodies  

 Willing to take a risk  

Question 23

Ever since the Greeks started doing theater 2,500 years ago,the job of director has remained pretty much unchanged.

 True  

 False  

Question 24

In commercial theater, the job of raising money to finance a production is the job of:

 The producer  

 The actors  

 The designers  

 The director  

Question 25

Text Analysis is used by many of the people collaborating on a theater project to more deeply understand the play and how to do their job.

 True  

 False