Exploring the art of Theatre

1. Exploring the art of Theatre By: Norma Jefferson

2. What I have learned • “I am your audience, and you are mine” • We are all learning together • Coming into theatre I knew I was going to be very nervous to act in front of others! I had never taking theatre and thought I would suck, hearing those word helped!!!!

3. The Stage • The stage is the center of audience attention • Many different types of stages: • thrust stage: extends to audience on 3 sides • proscenium stage: primary feature if large arch, audience directly faces stage • theatre in the round: situated in center of theatre, audience faces all sides

4. Acting donts • Don’t stop in the middle of skit or monologue • Don’t come up clueless of what you going to say • Don’t announce mess ups

5. Critical thinking: The Nutcracker • Based on the called “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”, written by E.T.A Hoffman • Choreographed by Marius Petipa • Music written by Tchaikovsky • In 1892, the first showing of the Nutcracker took place at the MariinskyThaetre of Russia. • Nutcracker showed up in America in 1940, performed by Ballet Russe

6. Critical Thinking: Romeo and Juliet • Written by William Shakespeare • Play of love and tragedy • The earliest edition was a quarto printed in 1597 • Earliest performance was documented in 1662staged by William Davenant

7. Bibliography • http://www.nutcrackerballet.net/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_(theatre) • Daniel Paulnock, 2008 • http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/history_of_romeo_and_juliet.html • http://www.shakespeare-online.com/playanalysis/romeoplayhistory.html