Drama Final

P. 5

Constantin Stanislavski

Russian actor, father of realism in acting, developed system for actor training

Antonin Artaud

Theatre of Cruelty (GO BIG)

Moscow Art Theatre

Home to Stanislavski and his acting school

Bertolt Brecht

Epic Theatre

Jerzy Grotowski

poor theatre

Stella Adler

Imagination based acting

Augusto Boal

Theatre of the Oppressed- Cry? Cry BIG

Mrs. Duerr

Actor's Toolbox

Viola Spolin

The mother of improv

Lee Strasberg

method acting

Uta Hagen

Respect for Acting

ACROW

Animal, Character, Relationship, Objective, Where

Actor's Three Questions

What does the author say about me?

What do others say about me?

What do I say about myself?

Why Animals?

To practice how our character would act if they were an animal

Stage Directions

Stage right, stage left, down stage, up stage

Libretto

music book

DTASC

Drama Teachers Association of California

SRO

Standing room only - when a show is sold out, patrons can listen to show in lounge or lobby

thespian

theater person

Consummate Artist

Loving all things art

What gets broken when you talk to the audience?

The fourth wall

Why acting games? Machines? Mirrors?

Get warmed up. Leave our muddy shoes outside the door.

Say YES applies to what?

Improv

What is the role of a Dramaturge?

Research everything about the play

ACTION on stage is driven by...

OBJECTIVE

Sam Shepard

Curse of the Starving Class (Actor)

Edward Albee

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Zoo Story

(He's Gay)

Lillian Hellman

The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes

relationship, mystery (writer Dashiell Hammett)

Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart

Civil Rights movement, southern settings, "chaos" is her theme

Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House, father of modern drama, theatrical realism

Samuel Beckett

Father of absurdism; wrote "Waiting for Godot" and "Happy Days"

Neil Simon

The Odd Couple, comedic writer, "Neil Simon Theatre"

Federico Garcia Lorca

(1898-1936) Spanish writer, The House of Bernarda Alba

Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Glass Menagerie

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Frank Merlo (romantic partner who died)

Clifford Odets

Waiting for Lefty, Awake and Sing!, Golden Boy

social protest, the Group Theatre

William Shakespeare

Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet

Added 1700 words to the english language

David Mamet

Glengarry Glen Ross

F*ck, Sh*t

Arthur Miller

The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, All My Sons

Marilyn Monroe

Anton Chekhov

The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard

Christopher Durang

"Baby and the Bathwater"

Tom Stoppard

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth

the US stock market crashed

On Black Thursday, October 24, 1929

The Great Depression

the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

Date: Stock Market Crash

1929

F.D.R

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the President of the United States during the Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms

Fireside Chats

informal talks given by FDR over the radio; sat by White House fireplace; gained the confidence of the people

The Stock Market crash

Another leading component to the start of the Great Depression. The stock became very popular in the 1920's, then in 1929 in took a steep downturn and many lost their money and hope they had put in to the stock.

Mood spelled backwards is

DOOM

If you weren't nervous,

you'd be dead

We do it for the cause,

not the applause

Live to express,

not impress.

There are no small parts,

just small actors

if you bring expectations into the room

you will always be disappointed (Augusto Boal)

energy, energy,

ENERGY!

Once a member of the theatre tribe

always a member of the theatre tribe

#family

Say,

YES