Proscenium

Amish people decided to accept telephones into their society. Proscenium Stage I decided to use a Proscenium Stage because the play needed spacious set given that there is a lot of running through the play. A Proscenium Stage would allow us to set all the furniture and sets in a spacious manner. We also use a wall to separate the kitchen from the living room and we are only able to make that without blocking anyone’s view with a Proscenium Stage. Ground Plan The ground plan is very spacious…

For this play the play was screened in a movie theater type setting, however the play was performed on a proscenium in London. While the proscenium was perfect for the play, the theatre setting was less than ideal for watching the play. During major scenes the camera only focused in on one aspect of the stage, not fully revealing all that was happening. The play kept true to the old English roots, but it was modernized to the 1920s style. In the beginning we see Hamlet sitting alone with a…

Dario Fo has distinguished himself as being the trailblazer of the modern grotesque theatre as we know it today. His plays have been characterized by a comic touch that stands out reminding us of the farce style. He once said “With comedy I search for the profound”. His witty atmosphere is omnipresent in “Ma Fina nedfa3, ma Rah Nedfa3”, one of his plays that has been adapted in colloquial Lebanese by Lina el Abyad who also took the responsibility of directing. It has been recently performed in…

Being a member of the First Flight High school community has forever impacted my life. Opportunities for travel and mentoring younger peers have helped to shape me and prepare me to be an active community member. Freshman year: full of newness and excitement. This was the year I traveled to New York City with the Fine Arts from First Flight High School. I had heard many people talk about how New Yorkers are mean or the streets are filthy. But I saw magic in that city. I saw my first Broadway…

Priene: Greek Life Exemplified By Kristin Lee Priene was an ancient Greek city situated in the Ionia region of modern Turkey. The city, and what remains of it today, rests near the base of Mount Mycale overlooking the Maeander river. Although it was a relatively small city with an estimated population of 4,000 to 5,000, Priene featured several noteworthy architectural structures including a temple of Athena Polias, an agora, a theater, a stadium and gymnasium, as well as other religious,…

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…

Greek Theater Greek drama is said to have its roots from Athenian seasonal festivals honoring Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. These festivals occurred around 700 B.C.; they were filled with drunkenness and sexuality. Scholars believe there were four festivals during each of the seasonal change periods. The festival related to the Greek people planting, tending the vine, harvesting, and wine-making was in early December. This was called the Festival of Vintage. There was a…

area where the production was taking place, as I have never been to a theatre that allowed that. I thought at first it would be distracting, but was pleasantly surprised to find it was not. The theatre was a typical proscenium style, “a rectangular-roomed theatre with a proscenium arch separating the audience on one end from the stage at the other” (Cohen, G-8). My seat was in the balcony, which was a new experience for me as I have always sat orchestra level. It was interesting to have a…

Zora Neale Hurston was certainly not an example of that stereotype, which is evident through her language and diction. Such as when she says; “My favorite place was atop the gatepost. Proscenium box for a born first-nighter”, instead of saying theater stage she says a proscenium box. Another time, instead of saying that the only difference she knew of white and colored people was that the whites rode through town, but never stayed, she chose to say it differently; “white people…

joke or song. Along with Branagh’s showman voice and speedy speaking, it complimented the encroachment of continually performing throughout life. Another element that contributed greatly to the two worlds being in tandem was the set. Having the proscenium arch of a stage at the back…