Plot
What item creates the central plot of A Rare Bird?
A Book.
The Birds of America: A Guide to Field Identification by John James Audubon.
Define color-conscious casting
Color-conscious casting is a practice in theatre and film where casting decisions intentionally consider the race and ethnicity of actors to address historical inequities, increase representation, or make purposeful artistic statements related to identity and diversity.
This style doesn't create stories. It shows how they are constructed.
Verbatim Theatre
What is the fourth wall?
A theatrical convention that there is an invisible, imaginary “wall” that separates actors from an audience.
True or False - In Musical Theatre, the songs can be separated from the story, and the story is still complete without them.
False - Musicals feature music that CANNOT be separated from the story as the musical numbers further the plot and character development.
Who says:
"Ain’t nobody in my family never let nobody pay ’em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the earth. We ain’t never been that poor."
Mama from A Raisin in the Sun
Name 4 of the 7 Production Elements in Baraba Clayton's Lecture.
Scenery, Acting, Spatial Relationships, Costumes, Sound, Lighting, Audience
What are some traditional elements in comedy?
- The Central character(s) fortunes uplift/raised,
- some form of unity at the end (disunion to union)
Example- Marriage
This term refers to the given situation of a play—the who, what, where, when, and why that define the world of the characters.
The Given Circumstances
What staging configuration was cullud wattah and Much Ado About Nothing?
Thrust Configuration
This man is the King of Thebes at the end of Oedipus the King
Creon
Name the five tips Jen has given you when it comes to How to Read a Play.
Title, Character Descriptions/Breakdown, Setting, Playwright, Opening and Closing Moments
This writing technique uses each line with five pairs of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable.
Iambic Pentameter
A definition of this genre can be that it focuses on an individual's internal thoughts, feelings, and subconscious.
Expressionism - Machinal
What is an epigram?
Epigrams invert traditional platitudes through clever turns of phrase.
Ex: “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.”
Let me alone - let me alone - let me alone - I've submitted to enough - I won't submit to any more - crawl off - crawl off in the dark
Who Says this?
Young Woman/Helen - Machinal
What is required for theatre to exist?
- Something to say
- Someone to say it
- Someone to say it to.
OR: ACTOR+IDEA+AUDIENCE
TIME
Imitates a specific work, person, or situation for comedic effect, often exaggerating certain characteristics.
Parody or Satire?
Parody
This person contextualizes the world of the play by establishing connections among the text, actors, and audience.
Dramaturg
meaning that is implied or even explicit that does not match (or complicates) the words being spoken.
What is it?
Subtext
Who Says?
What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?
Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much?
Contempt, farewell, and maiden pride, adieu!
Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing
Name Aristotle's Six Elements of Drama
Plot, Character, Thought, Language, Music, Spectacle
- actor presents the idea of a character
- actor/character knows the audience is present
- often challenges passivity of the audience
What style of performance is this?
Presentational Performances
What is a soliloquy?
A soliloquy is a long speech, often serious, made by a character in a play while alone on stage, revealing their innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience.
Unlike a regular monologue that might be addressed to other characters, a soliloquy is a private discourse to oneself, used in drama to give the audience direct insight into a character's state of mind, intentions, or inner turmoil.
Hamilton is an example of for-profit theatre.
What are the other four types as discussed in Lecture?
Community Theatre
Educational Theatre
"semi-professional"
Non-Profit Professional