Theatre Reflective Report

Upon starting this course, theatre to me was just an act put on in a room for an audience. As I began this class, theatre became much more. I was able to understand that theatre is not just an act put on in a room for an audience, yet it is a well thought out production between directors and actors to ensure the audience is getting the best show possible from any angle in the theatre. Theatre also is a form of art and tells a story through acting, singing, and dancing in the background of ethics, culture, and/or morals. Throughout this semester, I was able to expand my knowledge of theatre and successfully comprehend the learning outcomes provided at the beginning of the semester by analyzing films, reading study guides, and configuring …show more content…
In relation to learning outcome number two, I attained learning deeply about human conditions from the productions A Beautiful Thing and The Container. Both of these productions focused primarily on contemporary social issues and showed the negative and positive sides to the issue. In A Beautiful Thing, two young gentleman had trouble opening up to their friends and family that they were homosexual in fear of rejection. The boys only showed affection to each other behind closed doors until one of the boy’s mother found out about their relationship. Much like most films these days, the production had a happy ending and their friends and family accepted their sexuality. This play helped induce the importance of enlightening people to love all and see every …show more content…
In my response to Into The Woods I had wrote Timothy Sheader, the director, “pursued his vision in carrying out a play incorporating well-known fairy tales and leaving behind a message to the audience: ‘be careful what you wish for’”. I would now change this response to say “The director of this film, Timothy Sheader succeeded in creating a production that enlightens his audience about the importance of education through popular Disney films. Sheader explains how the woods are symbolic of life and the decision to stay home or journey into the woods to pursue a dream, hope, or search for a specific item is a choice one will have to make. Throughout the play, the audience could see Sheader’s idea about the woods symbolizing life coming to reality. Much like the decisions the actors in the play had to make, in real life, people face the same problem. There is always either something or someone in the way of our dreams and we have to encounter road blocks before we are able to achieve our goal.” By unfolding this play as a whole and deeply analyzing the symbols and meanings behind the woods and the characters, my changed response shows that I have achieved learning outcome three. To help me achieve learning outcome