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2 most important elements of theatre   actors & audience  
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2 parts of angels in america   Millenium approaches Perestroika  
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Angels in america is by...   Tony Kushner  
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4 wastes of clothing   conspicuous consumptionconspicuous wasteconspicuous leisurevicarious consumption  
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reasons to wear clothes   1) utility,2) social power,3) seduction  
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given circumstances of costume   1) previous action,2) environmental facts -politics -religious -social -geographic,3) polar attitude (personal vs. political)  
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costume design speaker   Martin Thaler  
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Production concepts for cabaret   1) images of hell,2) burlesque,3) present in technical way  
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director of cabaret   greg ramos  
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what is acting in quotes?   standing both inside and outside the character  
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who was Bertolt Brecht?   director/playwrightgerman expressionistencouraged analysis rather than emotion  
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who was Robert Wilson?   director, used total theatre (LARGE ELEMENTS)  
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who was Eugene O'Neill   experimented with form.believed humans are decieving themselves with illusions  
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"The Chairs"   by Eugene Ionesco,absurdism  
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"Machinal"   sophie treadwell,expressionism  
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"The Breasts of Tiresias"   Guillaume Apollinaire,surrealism  
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"The Intruder"   Maurice Maeterlinck,symbolism: symbolic of the arrival of death  
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"Pere Ubu"   Alfred Jerry,symbolism  
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absurdism   there is no meaning in the universe or humanity  
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expressionism   german, machines,light and dark,nightmare,distorted sets  
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Dadaism   "art is shit and we shit in many colors"breaks all rules  
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surrealism   dream-like, imaginative, subconsciousness  
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symbolism   representational.behind all appearances are hidden truths and meanings  
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5 parts of theatricalism   Surrealism, symbolism, dadaism, expressionism, absurdism  
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European realists   Ibsen (a doll's house)Strindberg,Chekov  
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American realists   Hellman (the children's hour)Williams,Miller  
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Realism   tackles social and personal issues  
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1850's-1950's realist movements   1)Freud (psychoanalysis), 2) Darwin, 3) Marx (Socialism), 4) Mendel (geneticist), 5) Lincoln, 6) women's suffrage  
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Actor's equity   1930's movement for health benefits and pension for actors  
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presentational acting   non-realistic, audience interaction  
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representational acting   realistic  
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acting guest speaker   Peter Tkatch  
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external acting   using conscious choices about language  
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internal acting   connect with characters emotionally  
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pump/water represents   tears, connection to underworld, purifying, cleansing  
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"givens" of set of euridice   elevator, string room, pump  
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set of euridice   grand central station  
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director of euridice   sarah carleton  
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staging   arranging the actors to show their relationship by separation, elevation, etc.  
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4 approaches to directing   work with actors/playwright, work with other materials, use text, direct own work.  
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director   author of stage action. decides interpretation and style.  
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lighting does 4 things...   draw attention to idea, set the mood, create 3D, allows us to see.  
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lighting controls   intensity, direction, color, texture, movement.  
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lighting speaker   john forbes  
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lighting portrays   mood, focus, time of day, visibility.  
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costume describes   psychology of character, time, place, social status.  
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5 lighting tools   side light, follow spots, gels, stencils, backlighting  
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scene design speaker   Jeff Modereger  
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stage design began when?   rennaisance & baroque  
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arena stage   surrounding stage  
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thrust stage   audience on 3 sides.  
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proscenium theatre   rectangular, stage at one end.  
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Beijing opera   confuscious, family, myths & legends  
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medieval theatre   catholic church, guilds, story, special effects  
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elizabethan theatre   inherited from green & medieval, power struggles of kings.  
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community aesthetics   nature of elements that construct the performance  
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Meyerhold   murdered for unacceptable theatre styles  
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internal rythym   conflict, rising tension, climax, resolution  
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spectacle   acting style & blocking, special effects (least important)  
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music   comment on character situations, or between scenes  
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language   defines characters. shows authenticity  
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character   actions, motives, history, vocab, & reactions  
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plot   "spine" of play. action, events, outcomes, changes.  
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aristotle's dramatic structure   plot, character, thought, language (text)music, spectacle (performance)  
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greek theatre   5th century BCE,  
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Frances McDormand   movie actress  
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Neil Marcus   overcame disability by acting  
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Anna Smith   changed character through costume & language  
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Bill Irwin   physical comedist, no speaking  
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Asimali   storytelling to audience  
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kabuki   (ongata) female impersonator  
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bunraku   puppets  
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communitas   sense of community  
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3 things that theatre and ritual both do   tell story, explain whats going on, control environment  
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ritual   breach, liminality, resolution  
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theatrical conventions   contract that the audience will believe throuh masks, costumes, music, text, etc.  
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what distinguishes drama from a novel?   action  
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Caryl Churchill   crossgender/non-traditional casting and contemporary/historical characters  
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