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- 1. Defining “Theatre” What is and isn’t Theatre? Mr. Luty California Trail Middle School
- 2. Theatre Theatre is an artform that has been around for multiple millennia. However, it can be difficult to define what is and isn’t theatre. For today’s class, you must separate these different examples into three categories: NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre
- 3. A live production of High School Musical 01 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Costumes, Lines, Live Audience, Singing, Pretending, Lights, Microphones
- 4. A job interview 02 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Scripted questions, Live audience and presenter, Costumes?
- 5. A football game 03 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Live audience, Lights, Entertainment, Spectacle, Costumes, Venue
- 6. A fashion show 04 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Costumes, Live audience, Lights, Culturally relevant, Entertainment, Artistic
- 7. A choir concert 05 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Rehearsed lyrics, Costumes, Live audience, Lights, Entertainment, Art
- 8. An Opera 06 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Pretending, Characters, Rehearsed lyrics, Costumes, Live audience, Spectacle, Art
- 9. An Avengers Movie 07 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Characters, Entertainment, Rehearsed scenes & lines, Art, Lighting, Special Effects
- 10. Cirque Du Soleil 08 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Spectacle, Live audience, Costumes, Lights, Entertainment, Art, Rehearsed
- 11. Watching a filmed recording of Hamilton 09 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Live audience, Rehearsed lyrics, Microphones, Costumes, Lights, Entertainment, Art
- 12. A local improv show 10 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Pretending, Stage, Live audience, Lights, Entertainment
- 13. A church service 11 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Scripts, Stories, Live audience, Music, Spectacle, Stage
- 14. Animatronic Presidents 11 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Live audience, Prepared scripts, Stories, Costumes, Lighting, Stage
- 15. Animatronic Chuck E. Cheese 12 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Live audience, Prepared scripts, Entertainment, Costumes, Stage
- 16. Sports mascots 12 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Entertainment, Live audience, Costumes, Spectacle, Stage
- 17. Practicing a monologue for a friend 13 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Rehearsed lines, Live audience, Pretending, Art
- 18. Practicing a monologue alone at home 14 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Rehearsed lines, Practiced, Pretending, Art
- 19. Karaoke 15 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Scripted Lyrics, Live audience, Stage, Music
- 20. SeaWorld Show 16 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Live audience, Stage, Entertainment, Scripted, Music
- 21. Art Museum 17 NEVER Theatre COULD BE Theatre ALWAY S Theatre Art, Live Audience, Stage, Effort, Culturally Relevant
- 22. My understanding of Theatre is that it must have… ● Pretending ● Live Audience “The Theatre is the greatest way one human can share with another the sense of what it means to BE a human being” - Thornton Wilder ● Something to Say ● Someone to Say it ● Someone to Experience it
- 23. Some things that ARE Theatre An Improv Show A musical or play Historical Reenactments Practicing a monologue with a friend Opera * in my understanding
- 24. Things that ARE NOT Theatre 01 02 Sports A Job Interview 03 04 Karaoke Art Museums * in my understanding
- 25. Things that COULD be Theatre Circus Movies Sports Mascots SeaWorld Show Fashion Show It has a performer and audience. We go to a movie “Theatre” venue to experience movies. It has a performer and audience. The performer is certainly pretending! Can animals act or pretend? (I also question this with animatronics) There is a live audience. The biggest question with circus is whether or not a story is being told - are they “pretending”? If they are, I say that is theatre. Otherwise, I do not consider showcasing talents to be theatre. There are clear performers and audience members with pretending/acting a story. I question whether sports mascots are truly telling a story. Is a sports mascot doing the same thing that improv actors are doing? They are performing alongside an event that is unfolding as an audience watches, but I don’t know if they are telling a narrative. There is certainly a live audience, and the animal trainers are working to perform and pretend. There are performers who are putting on an act to present a certain way. I tend to think Theatre must be “live” entertainment, but you could argue that the camera operators and directors are audience members. Similarly to circus, I question whether or not they are telling stories or simply showcasing talents. Oftentimes, Fashion shows aren’t meant to tell stories but are rather meant to showcase a product. * in my understanding
- 26. CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, and includes icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik Thanks! I hope you enjoyed this discussion day! Please know that, just because I am the theatre teacher, that doesn’t mean that I have all of the answers. What’s unique about art is that it can be whatever you want it to be.