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Ensemble |
A group that performs together and are viewed as a whole. |
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Environmental staging |
Aimed at heightened audience awareness by eliminating the distinction between the audience and the actors space. |
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Sense memory |
Actor uses personal experience to enrich portrayal of a character. |
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Calling a show |
Initiating lighting, sound, and scene shift cues. |
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Director |
Controls artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the script while guiding technical crew and actors. |
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Set designer |
Design the physical surroundings in which the action will take place. |
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Spine |
The main action or central message. |
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Theatre in Ancient Greece |
Old comedy, political and sardonic |
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Theatre in Rome |
Closely associated with new comedy; domestic style. |
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Naturalist Theatre |
Characters were regarded as products of their environment and heredity. |
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Farce |
Farfetched, exaggerated, light tone, cartoonist situations |
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Commedia dell'arte |
A form of theatre characterized by masked "types". |
Began in Italy in the 16th century |
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Black box |
Can be configured to any desired staging/seating arrangement. Staging options are not limited by the placement of staging areas and audience seating. |
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Cue sheet |
Records each movement or change in the lights linking to a specific point in the script. |
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Set piece |
Serves as a focal point for the set design and frequently for the action of the play. |
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Scrim |
Loosely woven fabric |
-Opaque when lit from the front and hides what's behind it. -transparent when lit from the back. |
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Gobo |
Used to shield a lens from light |
Can be used to project a shape when placed in front of a spotlight. |
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Flood light |
Normally used for lighting flat scenery. |
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Profile spot light |
Can be used to cut shapes and project gobos. |
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Fresnal spotlight |
Causes light to scatter, producing a softer edge. |
Barn doors |
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Par can |
Very harsh, strong beam of light that creates a dramatic affect |
Rock concerts |
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Scoop light |
Generally used to light a back drop. |
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Flat |
A piece of stage scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with stretched canvas, hard board, or other material. |
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Unit set |
Standard group of objects which together can be used to represent walls. |
Two fold, three fold flats |
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Proscenium |
The frame or arch separating the stage from the auditorium. |
Located between the curtain and the orchestra. |
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Thrust |
A stage that extends forward into the auditorium, with seating on three sides. |
Also called open stage |
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Arena |
Open area for acting or entertainment placed in the center of an auditorium with seats on all sides. |
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Platform |
Stationary, standard flat surface surrounded on 3 sides by the audience |
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Cyclorama |
A curved curtain, cloth, or other screen used to close off back stage and part of the wings. |
Creates the impression of 3D space |
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New comedy |
Greek comedy with complex plots revolving around problems like mistaken identity, unrequited love, and household disputes. |
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Neoclassical tragedy |
Return to the values and conventions of classical Greek drama. |
15th century Italian scholars |
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Surrealism |
Subconscious experience. Realizing the creative potential of the unconscious mind. |
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Naturalism |
Aimed to present ordinary life as accurately as possible without romantic illusions or literary artifice. |
19th century |
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Epic theatre |
A form of political drama intended to appeal to reason rather than emotions. |
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Theatre of cruelty |
Violent and ritualistic form of theatre |
Antonin Artaud |
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Contemporary theatre |
Modern, of the present time |
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Melodrama |
Sensational play with fast implausible action and larger than life villains and heroes. |
19th century |
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U.S. Copyright Law |
Any work published prior to January 1, 1923 is part of the public domain. |
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The Resroration |
1650-1700 |
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18th Century Theatre |
1700-1800 |
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Victorian Melodrama |
1800-1900 |
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Greek Theatre |
1200 BC- 500AD |
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Medieval Theatre |
500-1500 |
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Commedia dell'arte |
1500-1700 |
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Elizabeth & Jacobean |
1550-1650 |
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Process-centered drama |
Teacher and students work together to create an imaginary dramatic world and work within that world to explore a particular problem, situation, or theme for the benefit of the participants. |
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Production-centered drama |
For the benefit of an audience |
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Dramaturg |
Theory and practice of dramatic composition. |
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Fourth wall |
Actor takes no cognizance of the audience |
An imaginary barrier sealing off the proscenium. |
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Catharsis |
The purging of the emotions of an audience through the feeling of pity and terror evoked by witnessing a tragedy. |
A concept defined by Aristotle in his poetics. |
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TEKS |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills |
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