Improvisational theatre

Shakespeare explores the key idea of deception in the play including both the dramatic impact and comic relief it provides. Shakespeare creates many comical situations which are caused merely by Maria's deception of Malvolio, Malvolio’s self-deception and Orsino’s exaggeration of feelings to express love. Many of the comical situations that occur throughout the play provide the comedy of dramatic irony to further entertain the audience. Shakespeare’s representation of Malvolio is negative in the…

In today's society, students would rather watch a movie than read a play during class. As a teacher, one must decide which to present in class, the play, the movie or both. Although students prefer watching a movie, it is important that one understands the meaning behind it. Reading a play out loud helps students better understand the meaning behind certain symbols or characters. The play A Raisin in the Sun was read aloud in class, then followed by students watching the movie. The play A Raisin…

cult. Billed as “an unreliable version of a true story filtered through a hazy memory and vivid imagination”, it runs out of steam towards the end but is sustained by its mix of wit and anger. The audience sit on beanbags or wooden chairs in the Theatre Upstairs to listen to a character called Girl tell her story – and what an extraordinary one it is. She is brought up by a lovingly attentive mum and is part of a complex extended family. Her happiness is shattered when she acquires a detested…

In 2016, Russell T. Davies took on the challenge of adapting one of Shakespeare's most famous comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream. As with any staging or production of Shakespeare's work, the director will make changes to meld the play into their particular vision. Davies is no different as he offers several key changes within his adaption. Most notable of these changes are the portrayal of Theseus as malevolent dictator with Hippolyta as his forced, victim bride, and the alterations to the…

I attended UNCG’s production of Silent Sky on Saturday, March 17th. The show was performed in the Brown/Sprinkle Theatre, a thrust stage, that caught all sound from the actors. Each actor was easily heard and spoke with vocal energy. Before seeing the show, I had only read a few scenes from the play and only vaguely knew the plot. It was nice to see this story unfold from actors that worked in the moment and believed their imaginary circumstances. The actors did the best they could with the…

In Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream, he portrays the ideas of comedy [(incongruity, the balance of opposites, exaggeration) SP 7] to argue that all tragedies are actually comedies. The first element of comedy that Shakespeare uses to argue what tragic plays really are is an incongruity. On line 85 of Act 1 scene 2, Bottom states, "We may rehearse most obscenely and courageously " The mix-up of obscenely and obscurely provides amusement and sets up for other examples of bottom…

The “Into the Woods’ performance was amazing. It was the first performance of a play at AHS that I have ever attended and it made me regret not attending more. It was so good. I have never seen the full movie version of this musical, but watching this play made me want to watch the movie. So many people at our school have wonderful voices and I never knew because I never took the time to go to any of the plays. The main reason I went to this show was because I had volunteered to Usher, but I am…

On April 16th, I attended the College of Charleston production of Into the Woods, a very well done thought out musical that takes a surprising turn for the worst. My expectations for the play were far exceed, the cast did a wonderful job and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though at first glance or thought, it might not seem like it, the musical brings in real estate in many aspects during many different scenes, the musical also has some relations to King Street and its real estate. Into the Woods…

According to the video Dramaturgical Approach, Dramaturgy is a theory that explains how individuals manipulate their identity to create a better version of themselves in some situations. This theory was introduced by Erving Goffman, and he theorized that how we interact with people can be seen through Dramaturgy. This is basically a process people use to control how they are seen by other people. First off, by using their front stage self, people can present a better version of who they are.…

Question: Does the amount of productions, (meaning musicals/plays), people have performed in have any relations to how much they like theater on a scale of one to ten? I want to know whether or not the amount of shows has anything to do with how much they like theater. Is it possible that a person who has been in a very little amount of productions versus someone who have been in more than a dozen can like theater just the same? Hypothesis: The amount of productions people have been in, has no…