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THTR 101 T/TH 3:30 – 5:00 G 324 Presentation Performances Readings, lecture notes, weekly activities Midterm and Final Short reading quizzes Reports Peter Brooks, a theatrical director, once stated, “I can take an empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space while someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged”. How is theatre a way of seeing? How do audiences respond to it? What special qualities set it apart? Let’s Discuss Define immediacy. Theatre is set apart from media how? Give me specific examples. What makes theatre alive? Find the parallels between theatre and life. Theatre as a double for life Theatre as Fiction Theatron – Greek word meaning a seeing place 3 Basic Components of a theatre Thespis – noted as first actor Audience is live and collective Audience Expectations › › › › › Expect the play to be related to life Expect something familiar Experience collective response Observe rules of decorum Be central to the event Professional, for Profit: Broadway, some tours of Broadway shows Professional, Not-for-Profit: Off-Broadway, Regional Theatres, many tours, some Off-offBroadway Semi-Professional : Off-off-Broadway, smaller regional theatres, most ethnic, identity-based and children’s theatre Educational theatre Community theatre Performance Read Chapter Two pages 21-37 (to Eastern Theatre) Research and read about rituals being the start of theatre.