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Theatre 100 Final Exam Review
Theatre 100 Final Exam Review

Drake Union tour
Remember the major rooms and theatres we toured

Lecture #9: Sarah Ruhl & contemporary theatre
Brecht- Epic theatre
• Alienate audience to THINK, not FEEL
• Use history to comment on present
• Remind audience they are in theatre: open stagecraft, musical numbers, puppets, narrators, film
Samuel Beckett & Absurdism
• Characters in bizarre situations
• Circular/static blots- things often repeat
• Sparse language- talking past each other, some conversations didn’t make sense
Current trends in 21st century theatre
• Adaptations of history & literature o Novels- - ex. lord of the rings o Historic events/people- Frost/Nixon
• Non-traditional o Clown, mimes, acrobatics - - ex. Cirque de Soleil o Physical acting style: viewpoints, combined with classical texts
• Puppet o Enhance/tell story, create fantasy world - - ex. Lion King
• Video/film o Create scenery, reality vs. screen reality
• Film/TV adaptations o Films translated to stage (& back again), Musical & NON-musical - - ex. Hairspray, Producers Sarah Ruhl & Clean House
• Blend of styles: realistic, non, etc., bringing MYTH into present, examine male/female roles, challenge use of design
• The Clean House o 2004, won Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, very popular for regional professional theatres, examination of family, theme: comedy & jokes

Lecture #10: Actor
Actor’s function
• Create intellectual/emotional illusion, project illusion from stage  audience
• Behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances
Tools of the actor
• Body, voice, imagination, intelligence
Actor training
• Movement- neutral body (adapt movement of character), flexibility, strength, dance, stage combat, charisma
• Voice- projection, articulation, singing, dialects
Actor in…
• Preparation o Analyze script/character: given circumstances, what does character want? Say? Subtext? Do?
• Rehearsal o Experimentation then selection: collaboration,
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