Playing Spaces and Stage Directions
A playing space with audience on three sides.
What is a Thrust Playing Space?
These are the characteristics of actor's neutral.
The actor stands with feet shoulder-width apart, hands by their side, knees are relaxed, and face is neutral. The actor is silent.
These are two activities that we have done in class to build trust.
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Two characters race across the stage to open a door.
What is tempo? Architecture? Topography?
When Sally runs by Aaron, he is caught up in her movement and begins to run too.
Kinesthetic response? Tempo?
A playing space with audience on all four sides?
What is a Theatre-in-the-round or Arena playing space?
These are the 3 actor's tools.
Voice, Body, & Imagination
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A character leans on a door frame.
What is Architecture?
Three actors form a triangle onstage.
Shape? Topography?
These are three characteristics of a proscenium playing space.
Audience sits on one side, facing stage
Proscenium arch frames the stage like a picture frame
Often room for an orchestra pit
Deep stage area
Theatre OR Theater?
I was working late in the ______ when I saw a ghost!
Theater (Playing space)
This is what relaxation means in relationship to theatre.
A character runs in place for 30 seconds.
What is duration? Tempo? Repetition?
Two actors sit very very close together on a patch of grass.
Spatial relationship? Architecture?
These are the nine stage areas labeled on a 3x3 grid.
Let me see your drawings!
Theatre OR Theater?
What is the purpose of teaching ______ in schools?
Theatre (art form)
These are the definitions of:
Objective
Obstacle
Tactic
Objective: What a character wants to achieve
Obstacle: What is standing in the way of a character achieving their objective
Tactic: Way that a character will attempt to overcome their obstacle and pursue their objective
A character moves back and forth within a small rectangular section of the stage.
What is topography? What is shape?
These are 3 reasons why theatre-makers study viewpoints
- To create movement onstage
- To train actors
- To build ensemble
- As a shared language
This is how you spell the name of the playing space with audience on only one side
Proscenium
This is the purpose of check in.
To gauge how our classmates are doing each day & inform us on how to best approach and care for one another.
This is why a playful attitude is important to theatre.
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A character gives a thumbs up to another character on the other side of the stage.
Gesture? Spatial relationship?
This is a list of all 9 viewpoints!
Tempo, Duration, Kinesthetic Response, Repetition, Spatial Relationship, Shape, Gesture, Architecture, Topography