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| encompasses the history, practices, and institutions of the theater art form |
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| literary, visual, and performing. Can mean many things to many people. |
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| include theater, dance, opera and music. All move through time AND space, require interpreters/creators, and must be seen by live audience. |
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| deal with sight & touch. Exists in space, remains constant; does NOT move through time. |
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| focused on sound, excludes other senses. Moves through time. |
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| Essential part of theater, without an audience there is no one to experience the art. |
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| people onstage during performance; equally as crucial as audience. Portray characters, move and act as that person. |
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| takes an incident, biographical event, or myth etc. and blends it with stage directions, characters, and a plot to create the story that is told on stage. Needs: structure (how to build suspence, climax, etc), characters, and point of view (who is it about?). |
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| person who rehearses the performers and coordinates their actions to make certain that they interpret the text appropriately, intelligently, and excitingly. |
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| stage, or something equivalent, where actors and actresses can perform as well as a space for the audience to observe from. |
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| include visual aspects (costumes, lighting, background) and a nonvisual aspect (sound). |
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| has a conventional theme, structure, and approach. Easily understood and has a recognizable style. |
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| challenges traditional structure, language, and characters. Mostly experimental and somewhat hard to understand the meaning of. |
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