STUDY GUIDE
EXAM II
FINE ARTS THEATRE

BRING A NUMBER 2 PENCIL!!!

There are 30 multiple choice questions, 2 pts. each, worth a total of 60pts.
There are also short answer questions worth a total of 40pts.

The first actor
The art of acting:
Mimesis - Mimetic
Embodiment

Child's play

Virtuosity
Magic/charisma

Two phases of becoming an Actor

Actor's Instrument: SELF
Body and voice
Vocal techniques and qualities

Psychological Instrument

Imagination

Two approaches to acting
          Internal - What
          External - What

The Actor's Studio - who, what

Konstantine Stanislavski -
          The Moscow Art Theatre
          System of Acting

The Actor's Routine
        Auditioning -what
        Rehearsing - what
        Performing - what

The Playwright
Independent artist - why

Are we playwrights? - why

How playwrights get produced?

Organizations that produce new playwrights

Play as "blueprint"

Play is Action - core of theatre

Tools of Playwright:
        dialogue
        physical action

Qualities of a fine play
        Credibility and Intrigue
        Speakability, stageability and flow
            Richness
        Gravity and Pertinence
        Compression, Economy and Intensity
            Celebration

Plot Structures: 
        Climatic
        Episodic

The Playwright's process
        dialogue
        conflict
        structure

Aristotle's Spectacle
Collaboration
Historical Theatre Structures:
        Greek, Roman, Elizabethan, Renaissance

Staging Formats
        Proscenium
        Thrust
        Arena
        Black Box

Scenery
Renaissance
Abstract and realistic

Designer's Media:
        Platforms - levels, raked stage
        Flats- canvas stretched or wooden
        Drapes - Legs, Borders, Show Curtain, 
                Cyclorama, Scrim

Stage Machinery - turntables, hoists, fly space

Light Design
Concerns of designer:
        Visibility
        Focus
        Realism
        Atmosphere
Practicals
Intelligent Lighting - Moving Lights

Designers (all three) at Work
Readings, research, drawings, ground plans, Drafting to shops, etc.

Lighting Designer at Work:
Reading, Light Plot, Cue Sheet, etc.

Costume Designer at Work:
Read, meetings to collaborate, sketches with swatches, rendering,
make patterns, purchase fabric,
etc.

Computers - helped technical theatre in tremendous ways over the
last 30 years

Other theatre technicians:
        Production/Stage Manager
        Technical Director
        Carpenters, stage hands
        Electricians
        Wig makers
        Etc.

Chapter 7:

The Origins of Theatre:
    Ritual
    Storytelling
    Shamanism, Trance and Magic
    The Beginnings of Traditional Theatre
    African Traditional Drama
    Eqyptian Drama

Theatre in the West
    Greek Drama
    Roman Drama
    Medieval Drama
    Renaissance Drama

Theatre in the East
    Indian Sanskrit Drama
    Indian Kathakali
    Chinese Xiqu
    Japanese No
    Japanese Kabuki

Theatre Today: East and West