1. Get out your composition book!
Theatre Bell Ringers
Get out your composition book!

2. Thursday, September 28
Ushers – Work with the house manager to assist patrons in the theatre including guiding them to their seats and distributing programs.
What job do the ushers do during intermission?

3. Wednesday, September 27
House manager – Takes care of all patron needs; oversees front of house staff including concessions, merchandise, and ushers. Has the power to tell the stage manager to hold the curtain if the audience is still entering at curtain time.
What kinds of problems would a house manager solve?

4. Tuesday, September 26
Front of House - In the performing arts, this is the part of a performance venue that is open to the public. In theatre and live music venues, it is the auditorium and foyer, as opposed to the stage and backstage areas
List 5 areas/jobs of the theatre that deal directly with the public.

5. Front of house Marketing – what should be on a show poster?
Title of show playwright (composer/lyricist)
Show dates/times location
Producer/directors Theatre company
Artwork ticket price/box office
Actors’ names (only if famous) publisher information

6. Monday, September 25 Theatre is storytelling
A story must have what three parts?
What drives the action of a story?

7. Write the story

8. Write the story

9. Write the story

10. Write the story

11. Friday, September 22
Musical – A play in which song and dance are a part of the storytelling.
Jukebox musical - a stage or film musical that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. Usually the songs have a connection with a particular popular musician or group.
Name three jukebox musicals and the music that inspired them.

12. Friday, September 22
What is the difference between a stage production and a film adaptation?

13. Thursday, September 21
Thespian – _____________________________________
What is the international thespian society?
What is our its troupe number?
How do you become a part of the its?
Why are actors called thespians?

14. Who is thespis? Born in the 6th century bc in Icaria.
Poet, actor, playwright, director, producer
Historically recognized as the first person to say speeches as a character, separate from the chorus
Credited with being the first person to have connected the chorus with the plot

15. Who is thespis?
Known as the inventor of tragedy and the “father of modern drama”
In 534 bc, he won the first city of dionysia drama competition, held in Athens
Initiated the practice of theatrical touring, by hauling a wagon full of costumes from city to city to perform one-man shows

16. Who is thespis really?
There are no surviving hard copies of the works of thespis
There are no primary resources to verify historical accounts about thespis – what we have are secondary sources written centuries after thespis lived.
If everyone identifies the thespis story as true, does that make it so? Does it matter? Why or why not?

17. Wednesday, September 20
Thrust – A type of performance space. The stage extends into the audience. The audience sits around three sides.
arena – A type of performance space. Audience sits on all four sides. Also known as theatre “in the round.” How do you design stage movements for this space?

18. Tuesday, September 19
Proscenium – A type of theatre space. The audience directly faces the playing area. A frame or arch around the front of the stage opening separates the stage from the audience.
Is the cardinal players stage a proscenium space?
What is the stage opening called?

19. Wednesday, September 13 Script – the written text of a Play.
Book – the written text of a musical.
Stage directions – Instructions in the text that indicate action and details not given in the dialogue.
Must the director adhere to the stage directions in the text? ____
Why or Why not? ___

20. Tuesday, September 12
Stage Left – the actor’s left as he faces the audience
Stage right – the actor’s right as he faces the audience
Draw a diagram of a stage with downstage, upstage, stage right, and stage left marked.

21. Chants Group chant with 4 claps each line “We’ve got spirit, yes we do
We’ve got spirit, how ‘bout you?” (point at other group)
Second group repeats
To end the cheer, one group begins to chant, “we’ve got more!” repeatedly

22. Chant assignment Text written out (rhyme optional)
Rhythm to be displayed when demonstrating
Must have sounds (claps, stomps, varying vocal sounds)
Must have some kind of choreographed movement

23. Starring Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber
NYC TRIP – APRIL 14, 2018
Hello, Dolly!
Starring Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber
50 tickets!!

24. Monday, September 11
Raked Stage – a slanted stage that is tilted toward the audience.
Downstage –(D) - the part of the stage closer to the audience
Upstage – (U) – The part of the stage away from the audience

25. Friday, September 8
Choreographer – the person who designs movement for dance numbers in musicals.
Musical director – Guides the singers and musicians to interpret the music in the show.
Who were the choreographers and the musical director for our production of bye bye birdie?

26. Thursday, September 7
Technical director – Works within budget and schedule to create a plan for the construction of the set designer’s vision; oversees scenic, electrics, props, and sound.
Who is the new technical director for the cardinal players?

27. Actor/actress – a person who portrays a character in a performance
Tuesday, September 5th
Actor/actress – a person who portrays a character in a performance
Name five actors or actresses who have won Tony awards.

28. Wednesday, September 6
Stage manager – The person in charge of all backstage jobs and personnel. Serves as a liaison to all areas of production. Calls the cues during performance.
Who is going to be the stage manager for The cover of Life?