Theater is anything involved with the production of a performance.
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This includes:
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Where did theater start?
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Theater dates back to the festival of Dynosis in Athens Greece around the 6th century BC.
Greece still has influence on theater to this day. Many of the terms used in theater to this day are derived from Greek words. Orchestra, proscenium, and scene are just a few of these common words. Actors to this day are called thesbians. In honor of the writer and first actor Thesbis. |
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Theater as a performance space.
When your performance rolls around, you will be working on a stage. There are several types of stages. Let’s review some of the more common ones.
Arena stage, also know as theater in the round, is a stage where the audience is on all sides.
Trust stage is a stage where the audience surrounds three sides of the stage
Proscenium stage is the most common stage type, the traditional picture box theater.