Emily Yehezkel Art of Theatre Test 1 Review Sheet Theatre Spaces 1 Proscenium stage E Turner Stump Theatre a 1 1 relationship between the performer and the audience b Prosceniums first appeared during the Italian Renaissance c Sailors whistled to raise set pieces d Proscenium arch gold leaf baby cupids i Replicate a picture frame declamatory acting methods ii Poses and talks not realistic iii Living pieces of art moving tableaux e Grand drape curtain closest to the audience i Beginning and end of an act f Apron located between arch and audience i An acting space ii Can be removed for the orchestra pit g Wings left hand or right hand offstage h Legs vertically hung pieces of fabrics that hide scenery pieces props and actors props and actors i Borders horizontally hung pieces of fabrics that hide scenery pieces i Hide scenary that comes down microphones lights j Cyc white fabric hung and stretched at the back of the theatre i Used for lighting k Flys above actors heads fly loft set pieces raised and lowered l Orchestra seating first couple of rows suck back couples of seats suck the house m Mezzanine see entire show elevation n Box seats odd angle o Doesn t need to be a proscenium theatre to have an arch p Advantages of a proscenium theatre i Audience is immersed with illusion ii Create and hide scenes scene changes q Disadvantages of a proscenium theatre i Costly to stage in this space width height depth ii Stage above actor s head r Raked stage i Diagonal stage higher in the back ii Created stage directors iii Performer walks up the diagonal up stage iv Down the diagonal downstage v Stage right actor s right vi Stage left actor s left 2 Thrust stage Wright Curtis Theatre a 3 1 relationship b Contemporary world fashion runway Sports arena c Advantages i Up close between actors and audience d Disadvantages i No high scene pieces ii Can t hide technical objects iii Know audience is there iv Ancient Greece 500 BC 3 Arena or Theatre in the Round Wright Curtis 1 Built out of hillsides mountains Rocks a 4 1 relationship b Advantages i Proximity c Disadvantages i Technical equipment exposed ii No tall scenery pieces iii Aisles are used for entrances and exits iv Vomitorium 4 All Purpose Theatre or Black Box EZ Theatre i Seating can change to whatever 5 Created and Found Spaces a Taking space not used for performances b Reenactments c Tell story Kinds of Art Performance is a ritual art done a specific way Job interview ritual because clothing and presentation 1 Theatre a Place for presentation of ideas i Entertainment or artistic expression ii Used to teach or reinforce iii Emotional experience and leads us to think about our existence iv Works message is magnified by the number of people who attend and it can reinforce the stability empower or cause social tension and upheaval v Propaganda b Types of theatres i Professional theater 1 Broadway and Off Broadway National Tours a Commercial 2 Nonprofit Theatre a Not about profit b Resident regional theatre ii Amateur Theatre 1 Educational Theatre a KSU b Tool for students who want training in performing arts c Performing arts professors 2 Community theatre a Personal enjoyment b No profit c The audience iii Off off Broadway 1 Avant garde limited production dates 2 Non conventional found spaces i Empathy feel connection and energy ii Aesthetic distance psychological detachment iii Willing suspension of disbelief iv Catharsis emotional release v Verisimilitude illusion of reality vi Audience etiquette 1 Arrive 15 30 minutes early 2 Look nice 3 Be respectful The Play Playwright creates the play creates a story 1 Aristotle 384 322 B C E a Greek philosopher and theatre s first critic b Mid 300s he began writing 100 150 after theatre c Ancient Greek Theatre around 500 BC d Looked over Greek Theatre Scripts e The Poetics i Critiques and entertainment on tragedy and comedy ii Characteristics of drama 1 Plot storyline of the play world of the play given circumstances make up the 5 w questions 2 Character 3 Thought theme 4 Langauge 5 Music song 6 Spectacle f Action go to the theatre to see the extraordinary g Conflict strongly opposed forces i Protagonist person who moves the events forward ii Antagonist gets in the way of the story moving forward h Suspense evenly balanced for the best confrontation i Leave the audience wanting to know what s happening next i Gustav Freytag s Pyramid i Greek and Elizabethan plays ii Point of attack exposition given circumstances icniting incident rising action climax falling action denouement revelation or catastrophes 1 Revelation protagonist ends up better off than the start info comes uncovered 2 Catastrophe protagonist ends up worse does not mean death not in the same good state as the beginning j Linear plots i Sequential order k Non linear plots i Jump around in storyline l Climatic plots Intensive i ii Plot begins after considerable exposition iii Limited locations scenes acts characters iv Focus on the plot and rapidly driving the action forward m Episodic extensive plot i Many protagonists ii Tons of characters iii Large period of time iv Locations and scenes alternate between length v Subplot parallel story present in Shakespeare vi Builds to the very end n Character i Protagonist and antagonist ii Heightened and focus in on specific aspects iii Dominant trait comedic effect stutter sneeze iv Extraordinary characters based in the real world high role high v Representative contemporary characters 1 person represents a majority contemporary vi Stock or archetypal characters found in melodrama flat characters do not change in anyway flat characters class o Thought theme message of the play p Language literal wordage used in the play i The playwright can shape the character by the way they talk ii How they say lines interpretation of language q Music or song i Musicality through language by the structure of lines ii Music songs r Spectacle wow factor s Makeup costumes special effects t Elements of drama today plot is not the most important i Spectacle music spectacle is most important today The Playwright Idea person initial inspiration writes the words creates the story 1 Storytellers and playwrights a Griots Griottes West African people who told verbal history and traditions music b Bards Elizabethan period story teller who utilizes music as well hired by investor or patron and gives them work 2 Creating the script a Selecting a subject Identify with audience i Based in humanity ii iii Real world history