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| The embracing of different strains of theater |
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| Plays specifically performed in the large theaters of New York |
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| Resident Professional Theater |
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| high quality productions presented to local residents in local theater facilities |
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| performing several plays on alternative nights |
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1950s - alternative to Broadway, cheaper, smaller >200 seats
1960-70's- increased in price, institutionalized |
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| Offered after Off-Broadway Theater became institutionalized, performed in inexpensive spaces such as churches and large basements |
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| Someones who observes theater and analyzes and comments on it |
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| 1) Find Fault 2) To understand and appraise |
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| a set of questions to be asked each time he/she attends a performance |
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| attempts to describe and clearly and as accurately as possible what is happening in a play or performance |
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| critic not only describes what has been done but also advice for what should have been done |
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| 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) |
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| prepares educational material for student and teachers that attend the performance, and research background information on the play |
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| copying after thing/people in real life ex. A child imitating their parent |
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| taking on the mannerism and personality of another person often referred to as a role model |
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| Roles recognized by society (father,doctor, teacher) associated with a definite type of behavior from people in these roles |
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| Roles we portray to our family friends such as braggers or conspirators |
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| perform several parts in one play |
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Proscenium
- Seats faced towards stage
- Proscenium Stage Arch
- Right Stage wing and Left Stage wing
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| proscenium opening as a transparent glass wall through which the audience looks at the other three walls of a room |
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| The slant of an auditorium |
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| main floor of the theater where the audience sits |
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| Horseshoe shaped tiers which ring the auditorium for several floors above the orchestra |
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| space above the stage that holds scenery |
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| weights hung on a series ropes and pulleys |
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| side pieces to be moved into or out of the stage picture |
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| 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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| entrance and exit for performers and scenery |
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| 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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| a platform stage on wheels to be moved from place to place (13th-15th century) |
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| Identical of the original thrust and platform stage space, what its called in Spain |
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| places like large garages converted to an open theater |
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| Plays performed in the streets |
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| an original play deals with problems and aspirations of a specific population of a city ex. Puerto Rican, African American |
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| 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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| more than one playing area with something going on in all of them simutaneously |
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| presentations that offer some combination of acting, films, dance, etc. |
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