Curtain Theatre

house. When Jason and Becca discuss parallel universes, I opted to have the back curtain open, while dimming the lights that were focused on the “living room” to reveal blue…

audience and performers. The production design allows for the directors, actors and designers to select and shape aural and visual signs in order to stimulate a set of desired audience responses. There are many different elements and principles of theatre that are the basic building blocks in which scene, costume and lighting designers create various images or patterns. The collaboration and the designers process is the need for collaboration between individually conceived parts to create a…

back and went through the motions. As I became older and was getting better and more interested i started getting roles in shows. Having a part really impacted my public speaking and confidence in front of crowds. In 2010 i took a short break from theatre, I moved from my hometown in Westchester County, NY to a place I had never heard of before, This of course was the ever so exciting Middletown, CT. Moving to a new place at the age of 9 was hard for me, i didn't have many friends and…

Patrick Barlow, the show directed by Jon Halpin is simply an outstanding version, using many of the elements and themes of epic theatre, mainly around character transformation and set. Firstly there’s the scene of “The Car Scene”. This scene really shows the theme of epic theatre, It shows the audience (or spectators as Brecht would say) that they are watching a piece of theatre. When the show reaches the scene, the two clowns are fake cops taking a now handcuffed Richard Hannay and Pamela…

walk through the large wooden doors of the red carpeted lobby, the magic of the theatre overwhelms you. You hand your ticket to one of the ushers and they smile and hand you a crisp glossy copy of a beautifully crafted program. He wears freshly pressed slacks of a deep black, and his hair is gelled perfectly into position. Together, you step through another set of heavy wooden doors and into the house of the theatre. With the usher as your guide, you weave through hundreds of crimson velvet…

last month, there are several differences between the two, yet I would consider both to be quality community theatres worth attending…

modern theatre goers (Dass, p.65). The significance of the play does not lie in its…

I attended The Nutcracker Christmas Carol at the campus’ Humanities Theatre. I was not sure what to expect from this play since I did even know the nutcrackers storyline. I was worried that I would not be able to write a concert report on this musical since I had never been to a live musical play, but it turned out very successful. They performed a musical skit for each storyline of this play. The live musical play was intertwined as the story was acted out. Some of them were solo performances…

Performed at the DeWitt Theatre on Hope’s campus, the play did an excellent job of encouraging the audience to think about what his or her spiritual responsibility is as a parent, spouse, or congregation member. Furthermore, I noticed that the lighting techniques, the skilled acting, and the symbolism enhanced the play’s meaning and its impact on the audience. The lighting techniques used in the play helped the audience to connect with the play. As the audience entered the theatre, the stage…

the audience just site right in front of the stage. There will be a curtain in between each act/scene, to allow out backstage members to change the background of the scene. I think that this stage type will be perfect audience. Out backstage crew will have 60 seconds to change the background in between scenes. That should be long enough to get the job done, and not bore the audience. In between scenes, the curtains will close, and the backstage crew will rush out on to the stage,…