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In charge that everything and everyone is doing what they need to do and when they need to do it
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stage manager
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call the show ( gives light and sound people cues)
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stage manager
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solves issues, tape down floor for rehearsal, take down blocking
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stage manager
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rehearsal & performance reports, make sure props are there
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stage manager
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hangs the lights
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master electrician
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drafting and which kind of instrument is used and the direction it's facing
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lighting plot
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a 3-D communication of what space is going to look like (in scale), but no indication what it'll look like when painted
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white model
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in charge of audience comfort, seating problems, adjust temperature, special needs, contact with stage manager to say when they're letting people in and when they can start
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house manager
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builds detailed stuff, best carpenter in shop
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master carpenter
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in charge of budgeting (materials and people), oversee build of all of the set
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technical director
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make sure equipment works, oversees loading of stuff, strike (disassembling set)
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technical director
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person who creates a pattern (dress forms)
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cutter/draper
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three elements of action
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1. intention: have and objective to action
2. obstacle: something to fight against to create tension, create conflict 3. Tactic: have a variety (how to get past an obstacle) |
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primary functions of a director
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1. concept: interpret the text
2. unify: director is involved in all aspects (actors, designers, publicist) |
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secondary functions of a director
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1. acting coach
2. staging: block the show (tell people where to move and when) 3. casting 4. scheduling |
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50 sec-1 1/2 min audition, memorized monologue, sample to show emotional range
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formal audition
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reading specific material from script, not memorized, usually during callback
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cold read
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primary responsibilities/concerns of lighting designer
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1. focus: decide where the focus will be
2. mood/emotional content 3. accuracy in terms of time of day & time of year |
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four things communicated through blocking by the director
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1. character: way a person moves conveys character
2. intention: believe what we see 3. relationship 4. focus |
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plot
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a series of events
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complication
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two opposing forces that create conflict, shift direction play is taking
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climax
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highes point of action, most emotional, the defining moment
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denouement
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tie up loose ends, resolving everything
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point of attack
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first moment we discover what major conflict is going to be
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exposition
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bits of info need to know at top of show to understand what's happening and whom it's about
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concept
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a plan or intention
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convention
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how we know a play begins (lights are dark, lights flash, lights start getting darker and brighter when it begins, specific color or patterns of light to know it's going into the past) used to not confuse audience
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protagonist
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carrier of the action, usually the good guy
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antagonist
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person who opposes the action, usually the bad guy
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foreshadowing
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hint on what's going to happen in future, can happen at any point
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spectacle
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anything you see, anything visual, costume, lighting, setting
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proscenium
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all audience at front of stage
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thrust
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audience on three sides
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arena
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audience is everywhere
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alley
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audience is on two sides, opposing each other
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have to have absolutely everything and not groom any events (rough language overlap speaking, nude people) slice of life, photographic detail, actually doing actions
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naturalism
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focuses on ridiculousness of human behavior, co-dependence shows up
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absurdist
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focus on stress, insecurity, loneliness, future is undetermined and in your own hands, work like crazy to get somewhere but not achievable
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existentiaslist
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a desire for equality, idealistic, the way the world could be, elevating things to equal status
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romanticism
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distorting outward appearance to get to the truth of the internal
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expressionism
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have to show the good and bad, events happen through cause and effect and chronological order, everything well thought out & well packaged, groom events to think and feel a certain way
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realism
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dream like, free association of ideas, doesn't have to be chronological, subconscious through the senses (ex: slow motion of event)
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surrealism
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Who develops the ground plan?
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scene design
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what is a section?
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from the sides and incorporates from above
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what makes theatre today unique?
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technology advancements, language, subject matter, more groups of people are represented, nudity, simulate sexual acts, nontraditional casting, genres are melting together, time warping, spectacular
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play wrights concerns?
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stage ability, perform ability, think about how things will happen and be possible
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how it theatre different than any other other art?
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theatre combines all parts of art, music in play & pre, post, intermission of show, sound cues
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friendly faces, help to seat, make you feel welcome
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Ushers
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