History & Vocab
Why do we celebrate theatre?
To commeneratre, to solemnize, to worship, and to build a sense of community
Play
What is The text as the author wrote it. It exists as literature, but not yet as theater?
Final aspect of a production
What is The Audience?
Music
What is All of the audible content of the production?
Creativity
What is the ability to generate new ideas?
What are myths?
BONUS: What are myths the base of today?
Early attempts to explain the world around.
BONUS: Religion
Production
What is The collaborative efforts of a group of artists that create a living embodiment of the play for an audience to see?
What is plot, theme, character, diction, music, specetcle?
Spectecle
What is All of the visual elements of the play production?
Plot
What is The structure and action of the play. What happens and how you find out about it?
What is the Festival of Dionysus?
Preformance
What is The execution of the planned Production at one moment for one audience?
Catharisis
What is a release or purging of emotions?
Idea
What is any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness of activity?
Character
What is Those who undertake the action of the play?
Muse?
What were 9 demi-godesses to inspire artists
Willing Suspension of Disbelif
What is The ability to give ourselves over to the story and believe in the world of the play and its characters?
Point of Attack
What is The point in the character journey at which the playwright decides to begin telling their story?
What is Not caring about the characters, setting, or any element of the story?
Theme
What is The overall statement, point, or idea of a play?
Iambic
What is One un-stressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
Aesthetic Distance
What is The ability to separate the world of the play from reality?
Inciting Incident
What is The moment where the action of the play begins?
Improvasation
What is the art of developing a story or dialogue in the moment?
Convention
What is An unspoken agreement between performers and audience?