THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 19Outline of Last LectureI. StorefrontsII. Chicago TheatreIII. Sam ShepardIV. David MametV. Wendy WassersteinVI. Phantom of the OperaVII. AIDS Crisisa. William Finnb. Tony KushnerOutline of Current Lecture I. Significant people of this timea. Lynn Nottageb. Rajiv Josephc. Tracy Lettsi. August Osage CountyII. Postmodernisma. Anne BogartThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Suzukiii. View PointsCurrent Lecture – Contemporary TheatreI. Significant people of this timea. Lynn Nottage was a playwright that looked at race, gender, and sexuality intersections. Her famous works are Intimate of herald and Ruined. b. Rajiv Joseph wrote Bangle tiger at the Bagdad Zoo and Gruesome Playground injuries. c. Tracy Letts was a playwright and actor. He was a member of the Steppenwolf. He focused on lives of mid westerners and their challenges and responses. His famous works are Killer Joe and August Osage County.i. August Osage County is a three act play that is about a family of self-destruction of drugs, lies, and prejudice. This play is like that of death of asalesman, journey days into night, and cat on a hot tin roof. This play has had 648 performances.II. Postmodernism is the reexamining of traditional attitudes and ideas about the structure or function of theatre. Some traits that may apply to this is authorship, plot/structure questioning, and what is the significance of the presented materials to the audience. This mixed styles, medias, and elements of past ideas and concepts.a. Anne Bogart was a director and theorist. She created the SITI Company (SaratogaInternational Theatre Institute), which trained actors. There were two styles in which they trained actors:i. Suzuki was the physical training of the body and voice that was very military inspired. ii. View Points was a language for actors, designers, and choreographers to talk about what happens on stage. These are divided into two topics, space and time. Space consists of special relationships, architecture, floor plans, shape, and gesture. Time consists of kinesthetic response, tempo, duration, and
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