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| the audience participates vicariously or empathetically with what is happening on stage |
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| Becoming an participant in the show, example: joining in the singing and dancing |
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| enough distance to perceive and appreciate a work of art |
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| members of participating groups explore their own attitudes and social prejudice by commonly using role reversal |
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individuals face their fears, anxieties, and frustrations.
For Example a person might reenact a particular traumatic experience |
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| abrupt movements from the present to the past and back again |
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| involves placing a character from the past into a modern day scene with modern day ideology |
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| a sign, token, or emblem that signifies something else |
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| frank recognition of the importance of personal possessions in conferring status on the owner ex: the type of car a person drives |
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| follow the predictable logic of everyday life |
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| one that resembles observable reality |
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| everything that does not conform to our observations of reality, ex: ghost instead of real people |
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| a solitary character speaks to the audience , expressing in words a hidden thought |
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| performers pretend to be using objects that are not actually present |
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| involves reenactments of material gathered from actual events |
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| dramatizing the lives of, for example, rape victims, convicts, or heroic individuals |
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| Theatrical events in everyday life, Ex: weddings and funerals |
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| Performative/Performing Arts |
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| ceremonies and presentations that include costumes, performance roles, and dance, which help to tell a story |
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| consist of a dramatic presentation by actors on some sort of stage in front of an audience |
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| Theater written by and for African Americans and also performed by African Americans. Most prominent playwright - August Wilson |
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| 1970-1980 plays by Asian American writers were produced. Most prominent playwright - Philip Kan Gotanda |
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| Three Groups: Chicano, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican. Addresses the experience of Hispanics living in the US. Most prominent playwright - Maria Irene Fornes |
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| Spiritual and social traditions that had theatrical elements. Playwrights and producers emphasize contemporary work, fusing the problems or aspirations of todays native americans with their heritage |
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| international exchanges and influences in theater. A director from location A observing the work of director B |
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Measured drama, pitting one character with a certain political view against another with a different view
Plemic, passionate advocacy of one political idea |
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| Questions traditional gender roles and the traditional place of women in society. Significant playwright - Rachel Crothers |
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| depicted the lifestyle of gays and lesbians, gay and lesbian issues, AIDS crisis, and gay rights issue |
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| Avant-garde and Experimental Theater |
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| theater that breaks away from the mainstream tradition. Movements include Expressionism, Surrealism, Absurdism, and Theater of Cruelty |
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| Plays or productions from groups with a special perspective that crossover into a wider arena of American Theater |
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| Performance - Audience Relationship |
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| the immediate, personal encounter whose chemistry and magic give theater its special quality. |
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| the experience of mentally or emotionally entering into the feelings or spirit of another person |
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| When one party switches places with another party. Ex: a child takes on the role of a parent and the parent takes on the role of the child |
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| one thing is another, in order to describe it or point up its meaning more clearly |
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| Willing Suspension of disbelief |
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| having separated the reality of art from the reality of everyday life |
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