Step inside Artopia's Theater lobby! Students can learn about the history of theater by exploring Art History. Under Be a Theater Critic, students are guided on how to critique theater productions. In Meet an Artist, watch videos of theater professionals at work. Please note many of the web videos include transcripts.
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The following list offers a quick tour through the Theater section. Art History Theater - One Minute Art Lesson Anton Chekov August Wilson Eugene O' Neill Garcia Lorca Lillian Hellman Lorraine...
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the link above to access the Google Docs document. You can go under File and select "Make a Copy" to add to your own Google Drive or "Print." In the Be a Theater Critic section...
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casting – selecting actors to play roles in a play characterization – dramatically representing the character by speech, action, and gesture action – physical or psychological movement of actors and...
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The most familiar type of theater in the proscenium stage, named for the proscenium arch that surrounds the stage opening like a picture frame.
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How an actor stands onstage in relation to the audience is called the body position. Each position has a name.
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Proscenium stages are divided into acting areas. The terms downstage and upstage come from the days when the rear of the stage was tilted, or raked, upward and away from the audience.
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Learning About the Stage: The Green Room where actors wait to go onstage, or rest between scenes. Why is it called a Green Room? Apparently no one really knows, although there are several theories...
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An actor must walk, talk, and look like the character. The use of makeup adds to the authenticity of the performance.
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In the theater, sound refers to sound effects and music, as well as the audibility of the actors. Adding music and sound effects, like lighting, can change the mood of a production. Sound can also...
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Theater lighting is an important aspect of the stage picture. The first thing theater lights do is to illuminate the stage and actors so they can be seen. Lighting can create the mood of a scen and...
