Epic Proportions: Theatre Analysis

The theater works as a character because it exists as the subject of conversation for the human characters. Some people feel void in a work environment presently open to conversation but not currently utilized for that

Theatre is a relationship between the performers and a live audience. There is an invisible yet tangible energy that exude throughout the theatre, reaching the actors and audience. Both the performers and the audience bring their own energy, but once the two forms of energy meet up in the same space and intertwine then become a radiate experience. The natural excitement of anticipation and excitement of the audience can be intoxicating, they come with hope of being entertained and if the audience is lucky

Theatre is a collaboration of various forms of fine art which utilizes live performances presenting before the audience on a stage at a specific place within a scheduled time (Dugdale 10). The message is communicated through a combination of various channels like songs, speech gestures or dances. Stagecraft skills are combined with elements of art to make the performance more physical and near to real life experience. Theatre is categorized broadly into drama, musical theatre, comedy, tragedy and improvisation. Any form of these accepts integration of various production modes and collective reception to influence the artwork being presented. As a result of this cooperation of items in the theatre

“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances” said by Stanford Meisner. Theatre is an area of arts where you can be free from reality and imagine the impossible. Some of my favorite things about theatre are, the people that are involved, how helpful theatre is and how helpful everyone is, then my last thing is how much fun we have. One of my top favorite things about theatre is the people that are involved within it. Every person has a different personalities, that put together makes a new and neat experience. Theatre is an important part of my life and I enjoy every minute, while I’m there.

I enjoy theatre because it provides insight to understanding humans and their behavior. This is not through lectures and textbooks, but through real experiences on a live stage. The understanding of behavior is shown through performing realistic (or metaphorical) situations that audience members can relate to or learn from. This provides comfort for an audience member to compare their lives to the ones that are spilling onstage. For me as the performer, it also provides a comfort because I can conform into another person and flee from any struggles that I am having in my

First, Theatre is a great place to meet lots of new friends. The callout meeting is a good place to start, meeting lots of people who have the same interests as you. The callout gives lots of information about what goes on in theatre and all you can do, along with many opportunities to meet people and make new friends. A big thing about theatre is not even the performance, it’s all that goes into a performance. All the people and work that goes into pulling it all together is a big thing, and

Applied theatre refers to the practice of theatre and drama in a non-traditional setting. It focusses on social and cultural issues including health and social welfare, but is also used as a rehabilitator, team building in a corporate setting and most importantly education. Applied theatre takes many different forms, is used in many different settings and can focus on a diverse range of issues. There are many applied theatre companies both in Australia and internationally; examples include: Geese Theatre Company, Shakespeare Behind Bars, Big hART, Western Edge Youth Arts, Theatre for Living and Milk Crate Theatre. These companies use Prison Theatre, Community-Based Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed in their work, which all fall under the

Being a member of theatre has caused me to grow as an individual in ways I am still beginning to understand. I believe theatre has molded me into a much more personable and tolerant person, and it has most definitely given me a high confidence level. Theatre has helped me develop my sense of self, as I’ve become highly aware of how I am perceived by others.

"The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe." (P.S. Baber (Cassie Draws the Universe) This quote hits it on the spot for me what theater is, hence with how the play The Monster Who Ate my Peas played out to be brilliant acted and well done play. The things that did well, I thought was the business, the way the actor’s movement just flowed and was not awkward, and the way they interacted with the audience. Yeah, it was a children’s play, but it was very well done. Now, as we proceed I will hit on how the actors performed, the good and bad and the challenges that they had to face.

During the Elizabethan period, the audience would interact with the players, or actors, shouting out and getting involved with the action. They were loud and hot-tempered, and just as interested in what was happening on stage as off. A lot of the feedback came from the commoners who would sometimes throw things onto the stage if they didn’t enjoy the scene. If the audience liked the acting they would cheer and shout, allowing the scene to continue. However often the actors would have to change the scenes and dialogue to cater for the audience. Since the plays were

Theater has been around since the time of the Ancient Greek. It has been a form of social expression and ideas for years. Theater is sometimes a dramatization of events or ideas to help better connect the viewers with the situation at hand. I think dramas have become so important to society due to the fact that is can be molded into many different types forms of expression. A drama can take you into a fictional land where anything is possible. It brings people thoughts out from just imagination to a visual performance. The need to see stories acted out is something that bring imagination to life. No longer is it purely thought. You can see and share the idea with a large crowd. Young or old, whether you speak the same language or not, being

Perhaps it’s easy to assume that all theatre experiences are the same; after all, they include the same ingredients. You need a cast, a set, a director, a stage manager, and a few crewmembers to do the technological work. The differences between working in a professional theater and a school-based theater shouldn’t be that prominent, in the end. Except they are, and it’s not nearly that simple. Compared to the stage in Loeb, the Philadelphia Theatre Company located in Center City is, in fact, a completely different beast altogether. The theatre itself is located on the corner of Broad and Lombard with a separate office a few blocks down, but the main building is sprawling enough as it is. For the month of January, the company elected to put

You can walk into any theatre classroom at any given time and you’re pretty much guaranteed to see singing, dancing, and/or people laughing. After shows are strikes, which meant taking apart the set and putting it away; this process generally too about a week. It was some of the most fun times though. All the stress of the show was gone, and we would just laugh and have a good time, trying on the shows wigs, unscrewing the set pieces (which is surprisingly therapeutic), and when we were done we would watch a movie. All these brought us together. Theatre kids become a family. We’re there for each other, even if we don’t do it on purpose. I remember one day I was having a horrible day, I failed a test, fought with my dad, and didn’t get any sleep the night before. I walked into my last class of the day, theater, and automatically felt better when I saw my friends laughing, and one of them was even trying to do some weird acrobatics on a chair. Being in that fun up beat environment made me forget all about my problems and I just had

Theatre has so much value to the world as a whole because it’s one of the only forms of entertainment that delve into the issues that make most people uncomfortable such as: bigotry, homophobia, sexism, etc. These are topics that are hard to discuss, and simply because of that, most people avoid the discussion of them completely. Theatre just delivers these messages and lessons in a format that is less scary for a lot of people. Most of the plays we read this year deal with topics like these. We had The Laramie Project, which dealt with bigotry and homophobia, A Doll’s House, which dealt with sexism and a difficult home life, Ruined, which involved a gruesome civil war, and a few more. I am not saying that every message a theatrical show delivers is right, or that they are not up for debate, but the important thing, and in my opinion, the most valuable thing about theatre, is that they talk about these topics. It puts these topics on the table, and helps people understand a view that may be unique to their own, or relate to a character that may share similar ideas. Besides that, theatre also is the most unique form of entertainment, and is much more personal than watching TV or film; theatre offers an actor audience relationship, the audience gets to hear, see, and experience everything in the moment. The actor can decide how to shape their performance, based on what kind of reactions they are receiving from the audience; it’s immediate feedback. Someone posted an article on

In ancient Greece the Theatres were split in 3 major parts. The Orchestra, The Skene or stage, and then the main theatre segment which was called the Koilon. The Orchestra was placed in the middle of the theatre in a circular pattern. They had a Thymeli placed in the middle of the Orchestra, the Thymeli was used as an altar and later was were the chorus stood. The side of the Skene faced the audience serving as a background. The Skene had as many as three entrances for actors. Ib between the Skene and the seats, there are two entrances, one on the right and left which was called the Parodoi. The roof of these ancient greek theatres was flat and it was called the Theologian. The auditorium of the theatre was shaped in a semi circle which was divided in two Diazoma, upper and lower. The indoor theatres were called Odeia. The Athenian Theatre plays were focused on the god Dionysus the god of wine, fertility, and agriculture. The Greek theatre had loud music, bright colors, and extensive dancing. These plays showed violence and daily life, social and ethical plays, war, murder, lust, and betrayal. Many playwrights were Sophocles who was born in Athens the year of 496 B.C. and he wrote over hundred plays for Athenian theatre and only seven have survived to this day. Another man who wrote plays was a man named Aeschylus, he was born in the city of Eleuis and was born in 525 B.C. and wrote about 90 plays, and once again he too