Theatre History Timeline

Introduction to Theatre Arts,

The link below will take you to the cover page of the Theatre History timeline. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Continue to Timeline". Be sure the page is full screen. Use the timeline to complete your Spring Break homework.

Step 1: Click link below
Step 2: Scroll to bottom of page, Click on "Continue to Timeline"
Step 3: Use the timeline to complete your Spring Break homework



http://www.glencoe.com/theatre/Timeline/timeline_content.html

Intro to Greek Theatre

HW #49



For homework, you are to create one page of Cornell Notes OR 'four square' notes from the information gathered on the following website:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/

You should have notes on the following categories:

ANCIENT GREECE PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS (you will see the playwrights names in a rectangle on the right of the start of the reading. There should be 4 in total.)

ANCIENT GREECE THEATRE STRUCTURES (ARCHITECTURE)

ANCIENT GREECE ACTING STYLES (INCLUDING USE OF COSTUMES AND MASKS)

ANCIENT GREECE THOUGHT/SOCIETY
Hand in notes in FOLDER the next day YOU have theatre class!

Thank you!

~ Mr. Peterson

Sample Improv Scenarios

A Restaurant customer is complaining to his waiter about a hamburger he ordered. Two friends are looking at the basketball team cut list that is posted on the door of the school gym. The security guard in a jewelry store stops a customer and asks to look in his jacket pocket. Two patients are waiting in a dentist’s waiting room. Two painters are painting a room                            . Two Students are in the Library working on a research paper together. A woman is in a nail salon having her nails done by a manicurist. A teenager who has been grounded is attempting to sneak out of the house. Just as he is about to leave his parent walks in the room. A parachuting instructor is about to give a student the signal to make the first jump. A homeowner answers his front door and finds a door to door vacuum cleaner salesman. Two Students are waiting outside the principal’s office because they have been in a fight. A singer and his piano accompanist are discussing the possibility of including some new songs in their act. Two construction workers are building the foundation for a house when they discover a treasure chest. A Doctor wants to inject his patient with a string pain killer, the patient is in extreme pain. A police officer sees an adult trying to break into a locked car. Two people on the sidewalk simultaneously reach for a 20$ bill lying on the ground. A teenager with a radio that is blaring loud rock music sits down on a bus near an elderly person. Two friends are lying out on the beach. You are saying goodbye to someone you love at the airport. A prisoner in jail is talking to a jailor. You are a foreign exchange student staying at the home of a family that speaks no English. This is your first dinner together. A gym teacher holding a folded piece of paper runs into one of his students in the hall. Two friends are at a party when they notice the time.  It is way past their curfew. A supermarket cashier notices another cahier stealing money from the register.

Whose Line is it Anyway

Scenes from a hat.

Improv

"Yes, and" Warm-up

Esperanza HW #21

   STANISLAVSKI


Please write a 2-3 paragraph journal reflection of our week of lessons (Thespis, Stanislavski, design elements). I must see evidence of learning in your reflection and YOU MUST relate this new knowledge to theatre and your life.

9th Grade Teams! CLICK HERE! Tikkun, 10/11/12. Esperanza, 10/15/12. Fortitude, 10/16/12. Integrity, 10/16/12

Objectives of Scene Design

The scene designer has the following objectives:

1. Creating an environment for the performers and for the performance.
2. Helping to set the mood and style of the production.
3. Helping to distinguish realistic from nonrealistic theatre.
4. Establishing the locale and period in which the play takes place.
5. Evolving a design concept in concert with the director and the other designers.
6. Where appropriate, providing a central image or visual metaphor for the production.
7. Ensuring that the scenery is coordinated with other production elements.
8. Solving practical design problems.

Elements of Design

In bringing her ideas to fulfillment, the set designer makes use of the following elements:

1. Line, the outline or silhouette of elements onstage--for example, curved lines vs. sharp angular lines
2. Mass and composition, the balance and arrangement of elements--eg. a series of high, heavy platforms or fortress walls vs. a bare stage or a stage with one tree on it.
3. Texture, the "feel" projected by surfaces and fabrics--eg. the slickness of chrome or glass vs. roughness of brick or burlap
4. Color, the shadings and contrasts of color combinations
5. Rhythm (visual rhythm)--the repetition of shape, color and texture in a regular or irregular pattern in a design.

Questions:

1) How does the set designer use the elements listed above to achieve his/her objectives?

2) Think back to your theatre-going experiences. Which of the elements of design stand out to you? Why?