1930s American Theatre
This acting technique, brought to America by Harold Clurman and Stella Adler, focused less on emotion memory and more on actions and given circumstances.
What is The Stanislavski Method?
The Jewish SNL Comedian responsible for “The Hanukkah Song.”
Who is Adam Sandler?
The 1950s-1980s movement inspired by Existentialism that was informed by a purposeless existence.
What is Absurdism?
A type of contemporary theatre that attempts to mirror real life.
What is Realism?
Political Satirists in Myanmar, joint comedians.
Who are the Mustache Brothers?
This acting technique was Strasburg’s misunderstanding of Stanislavski’s technique.
What is The Method, or What is Method Acting?
This Jewish Comic hosted the Daily Show for many years.
Who is John Stewart?
This ism is full of intensity, violent, spoken manifestos and protests.
What is Futurism?
Unlike Realism, this type of theatre gives clear morals and morality.
What is Melodrama?
The country the Mustache Brothers are from.
What is Myanmar?
Inspired the creation of The Group Theatre because it’s founders were in search of authentic contemporary acting styles.
What is the Moscow Art Theatre?
This was one career that was culturally open to Jewish people in America.
What is Yiddish Theatre, or What is showbiz?
A form that juxtaposed Naturalism and put the artist’s Seele (soul) on stage.
What is Expressionism?
Realism ran into this backlash from the public because of its authentic violence and profanity.
What is Censorship?
Myanmar has this type of government.
What is a military dictatorship?
The Federal Theatre Project was created to keep artists working as a part of this policy.
What was FDR’s New Deal?
The redeemable fool in Jewish comedy.
Who is the Schlemazel?
This type of theatre is meant to be difficult to sit through, and actively prevents the suspension of disbelief in the audience.
What is Epic Theatre?
The founder of Realism.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
A member of the mustache brothers, who has been frequently arrested for his act.
Who is Par Par Lay?
These three individuals founded The Group Theatre in 1931.
Who are Lee Strasburg, Cheryl Crawford, and Harold Clurman?
The hebrew word for Jewish culture in America.
What is Yiddishkeit?
A style of theatre that emphasized sadness and suffering in the human existance.
What is Theatre of Cruelty?
The two pioneers of realistic acting, in Russia, who coined their own methods.
Who are Stanislavski and Chekhov?
A member of the mustache brothers who was sentenced to a labor camp for 7 (served 5.5) years.
Who is Lu Maw?