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Angelica williams
Theater class
Chapter 1&2 question
1. Locate as many theatre venues in your area as you can—professional, amateur, college
theatres. Also, locate theatres that may be in nearby cities or towns. (the internet can be
helpful in this search.)
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The savannah theater
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Lucas theater for the arts
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Trustees theater
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Savannah children’s theater
2. Find out the size and shape of the theatres you have identified in your area and surrounding
area.
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The savannah theater- has a capacity of 525 and assumes the proscenium design.
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Lucas theater for the arts- seats 1,200 people in an end theater design.
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Trustees theater- 1,105 total seats 749 main house 7 wheelchair spaces in main house 349
balcony. The theater is designed in the proscenium style.
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Savannah children’s theater – 200 seats organised into a proscenium.
3. Learn what kinds of productions each of the theatres presents: musicals, comedies, classics,
new plays, and so forth.
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The savannah theater- musicals and classics
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Savannah children’s theater- comedies, new plays
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Lucas theater for the arts-musicals, classics and tragedies.
4. Make plans to attend a production at one or more of the nearby theatres.
Chapter 2 question
1. When you are attending a theatrical performance, the following are questions for you, as an
individual audience member, to consider. a. Is the audience a homogeneous group—similar in
background and attitude—or a diverse one? B. Is the event being presented primarily by and for
a particular group—cultural, social, gender, or political? How do you relate to that group? C. If it
is a serious event, is the audience concentrating and empathizing with what is happening on
stage? If the event is comic, is the audience caught up in the amusement and laughter?
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The audience attending the mama mia show at the historic savannah theater was very
diverse comprising of youthful theater students and middle aged couples that came to
reminisce the musical genius of abba.
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The event presented its work for general appreciation by all groups.
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The audience was held in deep amusement, constantly breaking into laughter and
occasionally singing along to abbas great hits.
2. Read a review online by a new york times or chicago tribune theatre critic. Which of the
critical criteria discussed in this chapter does he or she address? How did the critic help you
decide whether you might want to see the production?
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For this question, i chose a review of the play “birdland” by chris jones of the chicago
tribune1.
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The critic uses descriptive criticism-attempts to clearly and accurately describe what is
happening in the play. The review offers background material about the playwright,
subject matter of the play, and the style of the production. There is a brief and detailed
summary of the plot and at the end of his review, chris jones offers his rating of the play.
3. A theatre critic in new york was so disturbed by an audience member texting throughout a
performance that he grabbed the spectator’s cell phone and threw it into the aisle of the theatre.
Was this response appropriate? Explain why or why not.
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His response was inappropriate. The audience’s poor appreciation for the work that was
being performed was abhorable, but this didn’t warrant a theatrical and destructive
approach. The critic should have been polite and informative to the fellow audience in
order to produce a better appreciation for the play.
Chapter 3 questions
1. If you were to write a play about your life, what would you choose as your opening scene?
What would some of your complications be? Would there be a climactic moment?
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The play would be a comedy about the poor reception art studies are received by
members of the society in comparison to business and scientific courses.
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Opening scene. (outside the college campus. Mother and father are dropping me off to
begin my college education. Mother sings about how she has always wanted me to be a
doctor. Father is negotiating a position for me in his company for the summer break.)
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Conflict- during my time in college i fall in love with theater and film and decide to
major in the arts. At my graduation ceremony, it becomes difficult to explain how i am
graduating as a playwright and not as a dentist.
2. Pick a play you have seen or read. Tell in your own words the story which ...