Theatre Test #1

Front 1

Plot Overview of Trifles

Back 1

The play begins as the men followed by the women enter the Wright's empty farm house. On command from the county attorney, Mr. Hale recounts his visit to the house the previous day, when he found Mrs. Wright behaving strangely and found her husband upstairs with a rope around his neck, dead. Mr. Hale notes that, when he questioned her, Mrs. Wright claimed that she was asleep when someone strangled her husband. While the inspector and a neighbor are searching around the house, their wives look around the hallway and find clues to this unsolved mystery

Front 2

George Henderson

Back 2

County Attorney - Trifles

Front 3

Henry Peters

Back 3

Local Sheriff - Trifles

Front 4

Lewis Hale

Back 4

Neighbor of the Wrights - Trifles

Front 5

Mrs. Hale

Back 5

Neighbor to the Wrights and wife of Lewis Hale- Trifles

Front 6

Mrs. Peters

Back 6

Wife of the sheriff - Trifles

Front 7

John Wright

Back 7

The murdered man and owner of the house- Trifles

Front 8

Mrs. Wright

Back 8

John Wright's wife and his murderer - Trifles

Front 9

Climax of Trifles

Back 9

When the ladies find the dead bird in the cabinet, while the men have overlooked it, and then decide to not tell the men, hiding Mrs. Wright's guilt.

Front 10

Plot Overview of Los Vendidos

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Woman comes in to a robot shop to buy a Mexican robot for the government, and she is shown many models of different Mexican stereotypes she dislikes until she sees an Americanized model, and when she decides to buy that one she is attacked by the robots and runs out, leaving the money. That's when we discover the "robots" are actually humans and the store manager is a robot.

Front 11

Miss Jimenez

Back 11

Secretary who wants to buy a robot for the Government - Los Vendidos

Front 12

Johnny Pachuco

Back 12

Stereotype of the typical urban Mexican thug - Los Vendidos

Front 13

Farm Worker

Back 13

"Robot" that represents the common Mexican worker - Los Vendidos

Front 14

Honest Sancho

Back 14

Owner of the robot shop (is the actual robot) - Los Vendidos

Front 15

Revolucionario

Back 15

Stereotype of the Mexican revolutionary and the Latin lover - Los Vendidos

Front 16

Mexican - American

Back 16

Stereotype of the fully Americanized Mexican business man - Los Vendidos

Front 17

Climax of Los Vendidos

Back 17

When all of the "robots" start to "malfunction" and attack Miss Jimenez, and she runs out, leaving the money behind.

Front 18

Willy Loman

Back 18

The salesman - Death of a Salesman

Front 19

Linda Loman

Back 19

Willy's wife - Death of a Salesman

Front 20

Biff Loman

Back 20

Willy's oldest son - Death of a Salesman

Front 21

Happy Loman

Back 21

Willy's youngest son - Death of a Salesman

Front 22

Climax of Death of a Salesman

Back 22

Either when Biff decides to leave the house or when Willy kills himself

Front 23

Oedipus

Back 23

King of Thebes - Oedipus

Front 24

Jocasta

Back 24

Wife/Mother of Oedipus - Oedipus

Front 25

Teiresias

Back 25

Blind Prophet who knows the truth - Oedipus

Front 26

Laius

Back 26

The old king of Thebes/ Oedipus' father - Oedipus

Front 27

Creon

Back 27

Jocasta's brother - Oedipus

Front 28

Plot Overview of Lysistrata

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Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace—a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society.

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Lysistrata

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Woman who is sick and tired of war and the treatment of women in Athens, and starts the sexual withholding - Lysistrata

Front 30

Myrrhine

Back 30

Myrrhine would be the second strongest woman in Lysistrata. Myrrhine is able to seduce her husband, Kinesias, but she refuses sex with him just at the last minute. -Lysistrata

Front 31

Lampito

Back 31

Lampito is representative of Spartan women. Lampito is a large, well-built woman. - Lysistrata

Front 32

Kinesias

Back 32

The needy, desperate clown that Myrrhine calls her husband. Kinesias is the first man to be affected by the sex strike and comes to the Akropolis, fully enflamed. - Lysistrata

Front 33

Climax of Lysistrata

Back 33

When the women decide to stop withholding sexual favors

Front 34

Orgon

Back 34

Head of the house and husband of Elmire, he is blinded by admiration for Tartuffe - Tartuffe

Front 35

Tartuffe

Back 35

Houseguest of Orgon, hypocritical religious devotee who attempts to seduce Elmire and foil Valère's romantic quest. - Tartuffe

Front 36

Valere

Back 36

The young romantic lead, who struggles to win the hand of his true love, Orgon's daughter Mariane. - Tartuffe

Front 37

Madame Pernelle

Back 37

Mother of Orgon; grandmother of Damis and Mariane - Tartuffe

Front 38

Elmire

Back 38

Wife of Orgon, step-mother of Damis and Mariane - Tartuffe

Front 39

Dorine

Back 39

Family housemaid, who tries to help expose Tartuffe and help Valère. - Tartuffe

Front 40

Mariane

Back 40

Daughter of Orgon, the fiancée of Valère and sister of Damis - Tartuffe

Front 41

Objectives of Sound Design

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1. Provide all background or other aural effects

2. Reinforce spoken and musical sounds

Front 42

Motivated Sounds

Back 42

Called for in the script (ie. a phone ringing)

Front 43

Environmental Sounds

Back 43

Help us to understand the setting

Front 44

Reinforced or Enhanced Sounds

Back 44

Making certain sounds louder than others using mic volumes

Front 45

Mood Creation Sounds

Back 45

Ambient noise, types of music to create feeling, etc.

Front 46

Intensity

Back 46

How bright the light is

Front 47

Color

Back 47

What color the light is (for mood)

Front 48

Direction

Back 48

Where is the light coming from?

Front 49

Form

Back 49

Different shapes of lights, using Gobos to add paterns

Front 50

Movement

Back 50

Follow spots, moving lights with patterns, etc.

Front 51

Six Objectives of Lighting

Back 51

1. Provide Visibility

2. Help establish time and place

3. Help create mood

4. Reinforce the style of the production

5. Provide focus and create visual composition

6. Establish a rhythm of visual movement

Front 52

3 P's of Tragedy

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Purpose, Passion, Perception

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Farce

Back 53

Large physical action, light plot

Front 54

Comedy of Character

Back 54

How the character acts is funny

Front 55

Comedy of Idea

Back 55

Based off a single idea or thought

Front 56

Comedy of Manners

Back 56

Behavior of a segment of society

Front 57

4 Types of Conflict

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1. Man vs. Self

2. Man vs. Man

3. Man vs. Society

4. Man vs. Nature