Name:__________________ Class Period:________

Introduction to Theatre Test

I. Actor Body Positions

Please match the body position to the correct definition

a) Full Back
b) ¾ Right Turn
c) ¼ Left Turn
d) Full Front
e) Profile Right
f) ¼ Right Turn
g) Profile Left
h) Body Position
i) ¾ Left Turn

1) The direction an actor faces________

2) Turning slightly to stage right. This is a good position for sharing the
stage________

3) Turning completely stage left______

4) Facing completely towards the audience______

5) Turning at an angle upstage left______

6) Turning slightly left. Good position for sharing the stage______

7) Turning completely stage right______

8) Turning completely away from the audience______

9) Turning at an angle upstage right______

II. Types of Stages

Please answer each question to the best of your ability.
1) The audience directly faces the stage and only views one side of the scene.

2) The audience sits on all four sides of the stage. This type of stage is also known as
theatre in the round.

3) The audience sits on three sides of the stage.

III. Theatre Vocabulary

Please fill in the vocabulary word to each definition.
1) -The text that the actors work from

2) - the author of the script

3) - The person on stage portraying different characters

4) - The person who directs the actors on stage and

oversees everything that happens on stage.

5) - When the actor moves from one place on the stage to

another

6) - When another actor crosses so that they can be seen;

used to balance out the action on stage

7) - opening up to the audience