Genres of Theatre
This genre focuses on real-world settings and everyday characters.
Realism
This term refers to the focus on movement within a scene on stage.
Blocking
This is a person that writes scripts.
Playwright
This historical time period of theatre is responsible for developing acting and is referred as the birth of drama.
Ancient Greek
This genre was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman drama, emphasizing order and logic.
Classicism
This term refers to the movement or routine on a stage usually performed by dancers.
Choreography
This makes two different productions of the same play feel different.
Different costumes, actors and their interpretations, and directors and their visions
This famous playwright wrote several plays with complex characters during the Elizabethan English period of theatre.
William Shakespeare
This genre distorts reality to convey emotions and subjective experiences.
Expressionism
An actor breaks the "fourth wall" when they want to do this.
Engage with the audience
This refers to the emotional atmosphere of a scene.
Mood
This person is known as the father of theatre. This person was the very first actor.
Thespis
This genre explores the meaninglessness of life through humor and paradox and emphasizes improvisation, audience participation, and social commentary.
Absurdism
When an actor is performing without planned events or text, they are performing this style of acting.
Improvization
This is the primary function of stage lighting.
Create visual effects and mood
Soliloquies and asides were developed during this period of theatre.
Elizabethan England/English
This genre has musical elements interspersed throughout. It also shares a name with a popular television genre.
Melodrama
It is suggested that actors do this when presented with unexpected situations.
Stay calm, Acknowledge the situation, Adapt and improvise, Seek help
The order for producing a performance.
1. Select a script
2. Cast play
3. Rehearsals
4. Set and Costume design
5. Technical production
6. Marketing and publicity
American Realism popularized performances that focused on these themes.
Poverty, Racism, and The human condition