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Introduction To Theatre Lecture

Introduction To Theatre Lecture. “If all the world’s a stage, then you deserve better lighting!”. Cyclorama Floor Plan. Cyclorama Blue/Green Wash. Backdrop. Raked Stage with Backdrop legs and headers. Rigging. The Grid. The Rail. Rail. Parts of the Stage. Proscenium Theatre.

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Introduction To Theatre Lecture

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  1. Introduction To Theatre Lecture “If all the world’s a stage, then you deserve better lighting!”

  2. Cyclorama Floor Plan

  3. Cyclorama Blue/Green Wash

  4. Backdrop

  5. Raked Stage with Backdroplegs and headers

  6. Rigging

  7. The Grid

  8. The Rail

  9. Rail

  10. Parts of the Stage

  11. Proscenium Theatre

  12. Proscenium Theatre

  13. Thrust

  14. Thrust Stage

  15. Arena Stage

  16. Arena Theatre

  17. Four types of theatre spaces • Proscenium • audience views the action from one direction • Downey, Music Center • Arena • audience views the action from four directions • Arena Stage, Washington DC

  18. Four types of theatre spaces cont. • Thrust • audience views the action from three direction • Mark Taper Forum • Created & Found Spaces • each audience member views the action from a unique perspective

  19. Proscenium Theatre Space • Other terms: • picture-frame, fourth wall • Introduced in Italy during the Renaissance • 90% of all theatres

  20. Advantages provides for spectacle focuses audience’s attention most acutely heightens aesthetic distance Disadvantages intimacy more difficult to achieve Proscenium Theatre Space

  21. Arena Theatre Space • Other terms: • theatre-in-the-round, circle theatre • Oldest arrangement in history

  22. Advantages offers greater intimacy heightens audience’s sense of community demands economy in design and production Disadvantages Plays requiring elaborate scenery suffer Arena Theatre Space

  23. Thrust Stage Space • Other terms: • three-quarter stage • Most widely used in history

  24. Advantages a compromise between the proscenium and arena stage some intimacy some spectacle Western theatre written for this space Disadvantages a compromise between the proscenium and arena stage some intimacy some spectacle Thrust Stage Space

  25. Created and Found Spaces(Flexible Theatre) • An attempt to break down audience-actor distance. • Grew out of avant-garde experimentation. • Originated in 1927 by Gilmore Brown • Affect the audience’s experience as strongly as dialogue or staging might. • Non-theatre buildings, street theatre, multifocus environments. • Sandwich and L Shapes Staging

  26. The Found Theatre

  27. Acting Rules • Never Break – Always stay in character • Acting is reacting • Acting is visual and audio • Listen to you costars as if you have never heard them before. • Every movement must be motivated • Never make eye contact with the audience. • Follow the director he/she is in charge!! • Build your emotions within a scene you can only get so angry and loud!!! • Know your character’s motivations

  28. Acting Techniques • Gesture is a hand or arm movement. • Always use your upstage hand or arm. • Enter the stage on your upstage foot • Always turn downstage • Kneel on your downstage knee • The audience will follow your eyes so stay focused in the direction you want the audience to look. • Open up for the audience – ¾ • Open – To turn towards the audience • Close – Turn away from the audience

  29. Bad Actor – Shame!! • Upstaging • Cover • Pick up Cues – too slow!! • Over-riding • Too much back and butt! • Bad diction and projection • Slow Timing

  30. Almost Done • Protagonist • Antagonist • Technique • Forever • Method Acting • Stanislavski Moscow Arts Theatre 1800’s

  31. When the actor doesn’t know their lines • Missed Cues • Ad-lib • Improvisation • Timing • Over-Riding

  32. Three Elements in Collaboration Performer Text Audience

  33. Theatre and Other Art Forms Focus on the human experience. “Perpetual Present” Thornton Wilder “Willing suspension of disbelief” Samuel Coleridge Immediacy of theatre Collaboration between the performer and the audience between the designers, directors, performers, technicians Theatre is Didactic – It teaches lessons

  34. Basic elements of theatre? Story Actors Audience Critics and Scholars Director Producer Theatre Space Designers Technicians Managers

  35. Jobs in the Theatre • Director • Designers – Lights – Sound – Scenery - Choreography • Stage Manager • Technical Director • Artistic Director • House Manager • Theatre Manager • Prop Crew • Lighting Technician • Box Office Staff • Concessions Staff • Actors • Singers • Dancers • Marketing Staff - Publicity • Shop Carpenters, Electricians, Machinists • Agents Managers • Public Relations • Booking Agent • Ushers • Musicians • Conductors • Producers • Casting Directors • Accountant • Touring Manager

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