STUDY GUIDE
EXAM II
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE/MAKING CONNECTIONS

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 Actor:

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
 

NOTE TAKING:
    LISTEN = WHAT
    4R Method to note taking
    Tips  1-10
    Text note taking - 4SR
    Guidelines for marking your Text

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

The Playwright's Greatest Reward?

Papers, Reports and Assignments:

    Keep it simple
    All elements of writing the paper

Designers and Technicians:

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.