Theatre Arts 121

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Theatre Arts 121

• What Is Theatre?

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What is Theatre?

• It is all over the place!
• - TV, DVDs, Email, Parties, Home,
• - Create your own awareness.
• It can help you in ANY profession.
• Only you can give as much or as little to the
  process.
• It is your opinion that counts, and its NOT
  WRONG!!!

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What Is Theatre?

• Drama, Greek word meaning to do.
• Two major elements
• Hardware theatre building script
• Software actors designers

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What is Theatre? Software

• Collaborative Art you cant do it alone.
• Theatre as an Occupation
• Theatre as Art

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What is Theatre? Software

• Theatre as an occupation
• Actor
• Director
• Producer
• Playwright
• Stage Manager
• House Manager
• Technicians

• Designers
• Sets
• Costumes
• Lighting
• Props
• Sound
• Makeup/Hair
• Crew for sets, costumes, makeup, props

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What is Theatre? Software

• Theatre as Art
• Evokes an emotional response or catharsis
• Suspends our disbelief
• Entertains teaches
• Acting is a craft

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What is Theatre? Hardware

• Building
• Proscenium Stage

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What is Theatre? Hardware

• Thrust Stage
• Audience sits on 3 sides

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What is Theatre? Hardware

• Black Box
• big empty room
• chairs can be configured in any way
• actors can enter and exit in any direction

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What is Theatre?

• Arena Stage
• Audience on 4 sides

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What is Theatre?

• Its collaborative!

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What is Theatre?

• Its art for it evokes an emotional response.

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What is Theatre?

• Its a job!