Stephanie Bennett Regional Theatre Analysis

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

Next, the performance at The Globe Theater help separate it’s self from the other theaters. “The plays at The Globe” article articulate, “As soon as a play had been written it was immediately produced and printed followed productions”(Alchin). Rival theaters would send out some of their workers to go to the plays to produce unauthorized copies, plays and they were copied quickly as possible. The fact that, other theaters copied The Globe Theater’s plays shows that the plays performed there had the other companies scared of losing their audience so they had to do something similar to The Globe Theater. It proves the plays performed were a huge success and very profitable. The plays and overall Theater had a tremendous influence on the people of England in several ways.

Our Town was done very differently than the other plays I have read and I thought it was interesting. I liked that the stage manager broke the fourth wall multiple times and spoke to the audience, creating more interaction with them and keeping people entertained and drawn in. They also placed actors in the audience for a scene. I think this is a

Mark Twain together with Kate Chopin were experts in crea6ting a regionalism-based America.Regionalism,not forgetting refers to words that concentrate wholly on specific features which are not common of a certain region including the peoples way of life, the speech of the people, the land sloping, the history as well as the characters. It focuses on both the formal and the informal creating analyses on the way other people view other people as well as other communities as they live and how there.

From the Ancient Greeks, to the Romans, and all the way to present day New York City, theatre is a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years. The art of expression through live performance is something that will never go out of style. The history of Broadway is a rollercoaster with flourishing highs and devastating lows, but they both have significantly contributed to shaping the industry into the prosperous business that it is today.

Regionalism allows for some voters to have more power with their votes, particularly Ontario and Quebec over other provinces thus furthering regional tension and divide.

Over the past forty years, Hughes has worked at nearly every major regional theatre in the country. A regional theatre in the United States is a profession or semi-professional theatre that produces its own seasons and plays. Hughes states that they call the regional theatre’s “houses,” because the people that work there have close relationships just like a family. Hughes portrays that relationships in the theatre of arts is an immense positive towards the common good. A deep valued connection can be made here due to his ideas of relationships and institutions.

The Stage Manager inspires everyone by taking different roles in the play. Our Town is the Stage Manager’s show and he is running it. He tries to show us that life is short so we must enjoy every moment, even the mundane ones. The Stage Manager isn’t some objective scientific observer making notes on a clipboard. He’s organizing the whole play, and that’s an important distinction.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, Regionalism refers to " Regional quality, character, or distinctiveness; regionality; esp. the expression of this in literature, art, etc."(Oxford Dictionary, 2014) While this definition is true, Regionalism also refers to the customs and topography of the region in question. Influenced predominantly by the Southwest, Regionalism came into prominence during the early 1900s.

The book goes on to talk about theaters that are a part of “ …League of Resident Theatre (LORT) theatres, non-LORT theaters operating under special agreements, and other notable professional theaters throughout the United States.”(Voltz, 143). The chapter starts by explaining what LORT is and how a theatre becomes a member. After that, the book breaks down the theatre and talks about the general employment, casting, script submission, and internships for each theatre. Just like any other job there are going to be stressful times, but the book gives tips on how to reduce ones stress as much as possible. The final piece of advice is to write down the ones own experiences. So someday future generations can be inspired by advice that can be given from those experiences.

Regionalism - An artistic movement where artists try to capture the areas on America. Regionalism focused on the oddities of America’s regions during modernization.

In this critique I will be analyzing the different aspects that go into producing a play such as, lighting, set, costumes, space, props, actors, etc., and how each served its own significance in the production of “Our Town”. Specifically, I want to focus your attention to the theme, set, costumes, and lighting of the play. Additionally, I further elaborate on the play, by including a brief summation of my opinion on the play and the effects that it had on me, at the conclusion.

“Theatre makes us think about power and the way our society works and it does this with a clear purpose, to make a change.”

Regionalism is the term used when an author writes with influences from specific and unique characteristics of a region such as language, dialect, customs, history and character. Regionalism also breaks down how characters feel about their region and the other characters of said region. Kate tended to showcase the region in a no frill fashion and draw attention to the dark components of the region. An example is in The Awakening when she writes about the character Edna struggling to fit in to an extremely misogynistic Creole society and adhere to their marital standards. An example of her shedding light on the dark aspects of a region can be found in The Awakening

On reading Christopher B. Balme’s The theatrical public sphere, the concept of theatre’s role in the Public Sphere is explored. Balme traces the origins