Group Theatre

After opening ten years ago Homunculus Theatre Group has been focused in providing workshops and shows for todays youth. Assisi Catholic College’s drama class got to experience their Commedia dell'Arte workshop they also performed “spirit of the mask”, which was a modernized version of the classic Commedia Theater. During the performance Clint Bolster and Ben Cornfoot showed us many different examples and elements of the Commedia characters, which both engaged and entertained the audience. All of

the theatre world, devoting much of his life to acting, teaching, directing, and writing. On March 15, 1906, Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York, with the given name Robert Lewkowitz. From a young age, Lewis was fond of the arts. His first interest was music; he played the cello and took up his studies at the Institute of Musical Art In Manhattan and the Brooklyn Music School Settlement. In the 1920’s, Lewis decided to switch gears and he began to pursue acting. He first entered the theatre scene

Issues Faced By the Middle Class Society in Clifford Odets’ “The Country Girl” Dr. G. VISALAM Head, Department of English, Sri Muthukumaran Arts and Science College, Chikkarayapuram, Chennai – 600 069, Tamilnadu, India visalamganesh@gmail.com ABSTRACT This article dissects the issues and troubles faced by the middle class society in the play, “The Country Girl”. This paper also speaks about how the middle class people are psychologically affected by their problems. In this play, they aspire for

Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty In his play "Waiting for Lefty" Clifford Odets attempts to stir up the weary American public of the 1930s by providing examples of everyday people who, with some coaxing, rise above the capitalist mess they've inherited and take control of their destinies. In his work, Odets paints the common man as honest, sacrificial, and exploited, while big business and the government are portrayed as the proletariat's enemies, anonymous corporations of rich men intent on

is to explore how Indian theatre has developed within Britain, society’s opinion on Indian performers in theatre and how it is now becoming more acceptable and respected in modern day British theatre. It is very clear that ethnical established ways of thinking have always been challenged in Indian theatre performance for several reasons. These consist of the disadvantages faced by the ethnic groups on the British stage, the use of Indian languages, and how Indian Theatre is looked upon by audiences

subject African American Theatre has a very dynamic and rich entity which comes from ancient Egyptian practices, and the African background of Greek legends contributed by Shakespeare. While black theatre was in its early stages, plays echoed of the lives they were living. Black American artists were constructing and preforming plays for mixed audiences as early as 1821. The dance and rhythm black people inherited caught the eyes of European audiences. Black theatre involves all sorts of black

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

summer months, several myths have arisen regarding the Provincetown Players’ founding, leaving the group’s beginnings fairly open to interpretation. The only three factors in the groups’ birth beyond dispute are as follows: “the plays were first thought of as a profoundly therapeutic party-game for a small, close-nit group; the idea no sooner emerged than it materialized in the form of scripts; Jig Cook was spiritus rector before it all began.” (Sarlos) The Provincetown Players marked a new era of

“Devising is a process of making theatre that enables a group of performers to be physically an practically creative in the sharing and shaping of an original product” (Oddey, 1994 pp.1). Differing to what is sometimes termed ‘conventional theatre’, devised theatre combines the ideas of unique individuals to make a piece of theatre. The advantage of this is that any given piece of devised work will have “unique process and product for every group concerned” (Oddey, 1994, pp.2), which allows performers

Jeanelle Carmona Intro to Theatre Assignment 1 2/15/17 Three Actors chosen in this assignment that have relevant theatre experience is; Idina Mentzel, Jane Lynch and Chris Farley. I would like to begin with my favorite of the three. Indina Kim Mentzel. Idina is a native born New Yorker from Syosset. She was born in 1971. During her early years in high school Idina showed a huge interest in singing and performing. She performed in school plays and also took on jobs like singing in Bar Mitzvah’s