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The Theater Experience 101 Chapters 3-5
Theater 101 Midterm
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
10/15/2012

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Eclecticism
Definition
The embracing of different strains of theater
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Broadway Theater
Definition
Plays specifically performed in the large theaters of New York
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Resident Professional Theater
Definition
high quality productions presented to local residents in local theater facilities
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Repertory
Definition
performing several plays on alternative nights
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Off-Broadway Theatre
Definition
1950s - alternative to Broadway, cheaper, smaller >200 seats
1960-70's- increased in price, institutionalized
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Off-Off-Broadway Theater
Definition
Offered after Off-Broadway Theater became institutionalized, performed in inexpensive spaces such as churches and large basements
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Critic
Definition
Someones who observes theater and analyzes and comments on it
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Criticize
Definition
1) Find Fault 2) To understand and appraise
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Critical Criteria
Definition
a set of questions to be asked each time he/she attends a performance
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Descriptive Criticism
Definition
attempts to describe and clearly and as accurately as possible what is happening in a play or performance
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Prescriptive Criticism
Definition
critic not only describes what has been done but also advice for what should have been done
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Reviewer
Definition
usually works for a TV station, newspaper, or magazine, and reports on what has occurred at the theater
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Dramaturg (Literary Manager)
Definition
prepares educational material for student and teachers that attend the performance, and research background information on the play
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Imitation
Definition
copying after thing/people in real life ex. A child imitating their parent
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Role Playing
Definition
taking on the mannerism and personality of another person often referred to as a role model
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Social Role
Definition
Roles recognized by society (father,doctor, teacher) associated with a definite type of behavior from people in these roles
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Personal Roles
Definition
Roles we portray to our family friends such as braggers or conspirators
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Doubling
Definition
perform several parts in one play
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Claptrap
Definition
provoke applause
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Proscenium

  • Seats faced towards stage
  • Proscenium Stage Arch
  • Right Stage wing and Left Stage wing
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Fourth Wall
Definition
proscenium opening as a transparent glass wall through which the audience looks at the other three walls of a room
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House
Definition
The auditiorium itself
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Rake
Definition
The slant of an auditorium
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Orchestra
Definition
main floor of the theater where the audience sits
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Boxes
Definition
Horseshoe shaped tiers which ring the auditorium for several floors above the orchestra
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Fly Loft
Definition
space above the stage that holds scenery 
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Counterweight System
Definition
weights hung on a series ropes and pulleys 
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Wings
Definition
side pieces to be moved into or out of the stage picture
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Arena

  • Seating all around stage
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Vomitorium
Definition
passage situated below or behind a tier of seats
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Thrust

  • Normally U-shaped seating (Semi-Circle)
  • Three-quater seating
  • Stage protrudes into the center
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Stage House
Definition
entrance and exit for performers and scenery
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Skene
Definition
formal doors through which characters made their entrance and exits, change costumes, and served as a background for the action
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Platform

  • Raised above audience
  • Curtain at the back of the stage
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Wagon Stage
Definition
a platform stage on wheels to be moved from place to place (13th-15th century)
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Corrales
Definition
Identical of the original thrust and platform  stage space, what its called in Spain
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Found Space
Definition
places like large garages converted to an open theater
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Street Theater
Definition
Plays performed in the streets
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Neighborhood Theater
Definition
an original play deals with problems and aspirations of a specific population of a city ex. Puerto Rican, African American
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Guerilla Theater
Definition
aggressive and politcal theater produced by activist groups in the streets in an attempt topersuade audience to become more politcally involved
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Multifocus Enviroments
Definition
more than one playing area with something going on in all of them simutaneously 
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Multimedia Theater
Definition
presentations that offer some combination of acting, films, dance, etc.
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Black Box
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