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| Human creativity expressed through painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, dance, music, film, theatre, etc. |
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| Don't have an obvious functional purpose, but more like art for art's sake. (Ballet, opera, Shakespeare) |
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1. Escapism
2. Illuminate the Human Condition
3. Nourish the Soul
4. Reminds us of our ties to eachother
5. Satisfies our creative impulses |
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| Theatre as a _______ art form. |
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| Made up of different art forms (literature, visual, arts, music, movement, etc.) |
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Objects that are fixed things that will never change.
Ex: Painting, sculpture, architecture, novel, poem, film |
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| Fixed, blueprint, dialogue, stage directions; has the best indication of what a play will look like. |
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| Different every time, may be a long-running production or one time only, come so life on stage. |
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ONE SINGLE PERFORMANCE/SHOW of a production.
Ex: Hamlet on October 3rd, 2013 |
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| Artifacts of the Theatre Event |
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| Script, costumes, props, set peices, photos, videos, reviews, memories |
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"The Great White Way"
Commercial (for profit), 40 theatres (all 500 seats or more), large, proscenium, musicals/comdies/classics/stars.
Boom in the 1910's
Golden Age of Musicals: 40-60's
Decline: 1970's
Mega Musicals: 1980's-1990's |
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Reaction to commercialism of Broadway: 1940's-50's
Smaller theatres, various types of spaces (99-500 seats)
Mainstream and Experimental work.
Mix of commercial and not-for-profit theatre.
Professional contracts.
Some shows transfer to broadway.
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Reaction to commercialism of Off-Broadway: 1960's
Non-commercial
Professional and non-professional mixture.
Small theatres (99-less); various types of theatre spaces.
Some shows may transfer to off-broadway or even broadway someday.
Cheap productions.
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| Regional or Resident Theatres |
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LORT (League of Resident Theatres)- professional theatres around the country that are hiring union actors on professional contracts. Employs more people than Broadway does.
Ex: The Guthrie, The Alley, Arena Stage, Actor's |
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Training for professionals
Work for professionals to teach
Produce a season of plays
Wide range of work |
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Local, non-profit, non-pro.
Comedies, musicals, classics
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Defined by the type of work or approach to the work.
Mission statement, sustained relationships over a period of time, can be professional or non-professional, work on different shows with the same cast. |
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Political Identity
Cultural Identity
Style or Method
Genre of Plays |
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Fringe Festivals
Shakespeare Festivals
Religious Festivals |
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Director statement about how they see the play.
Will be given designers and a cast.
Everything is justified in the script.
Research.
Work with design team.
Cast actors. |
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LEARN LINES, interpret the script and understand perspective, uses body/voice/imagination/discipline,
is fully commited. |
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DOES EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SCENES
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| Strenghening the Creative Team |
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| Physical/Vocal Coaches, Dramaturg (person who gathers all of the material for the production) |
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| Scholarly Critic, Review, the Audience |
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| Costumes designers, set designers, lighting technicians |
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| Fourth wall separates you from the action |
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| stage is out in the middle of the audience |
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| when the audience is all the way around the stage |
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| a black room that can be configured any way; a flexible space |
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| a place that wasn't really a theatre but has been designed to become a theatre |
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| A play that is done in the literal setting of the play. (Midsummer Night's Dream done in a forest) |
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Started in 19th Century
Henrik Ibsen, father of modern melodrama (A Doll's House)
Anton Checkhov, brilliant writer who had many plays that observed life as it happens.
Constantine Stanislovsky, director of the plays written by Checkhov, who brought out a lot of the story |
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Most pieces before the 19th century (Greek, Roman Medieval)
Imaginary worlds, has human-like features that make sense but that are not about normal life. |
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