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Theatricalism
How Theatre Works
What
Application for Devised Work
Why
2. UTILIZE Resources...creatively
1. DECIDE: Realism or Nonrealism
Nonrealism Movements
aka Anti-realism
4. BALANCE:
"In theatre, the point is to create an unsuccessful illusion.
"You can't understand theatre (or life) if you're too completely skeptical or if you believe everything you're told.
"Credulity and skepticism need to be set up in a dialectical."
- Tony Kushner
Absurdism
1) Character Arcs
2) Internal Scene Shape
3) Finishing the Story
3. ELECT Dramaturg
Expressionism
American Expressionism
Beckett:
Your story should:
- Say something
- Have worth
- Be refined
language ≠
effective communication
Waiting for Godot
O'Neill:
The Hairy Ape
inner-monologue expressed
Not I
5. THINK OUTSIDE. Everytime.
Epic Theatre
Brecht:
realism = anesthetic
Alienation (distancing) effect
Direct address
THEATRICALISM
Dramaturg
Theatricalism Examples
Advise Directors
Angels in America
Nurture New Plays
Plays
Split Scene / Mr. Lies Appears
Falling Feather
Foreign Language / Supernatural Event
"Conscience of the Theatre"
- Robert Brustien, (Yale/ART)
Angel descends / Wires shown
Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
Burning Bluebeard
Almost, Maine
Cross-gender / Doublecasting
Antarctica (a numbing place) / Eskimos
Hallucination or Dream?
Prior 1 & Prior 2 & Ethel Rosenberg
War Horse
Agamemnon
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad
Disembodied voice / Wing Sound
Peter and the Starcatcher
Hamilton
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
TV & Film
Visual
Stage picture / Tableau
Shadows
Light & Smoke
What Dreams May Come
Inception
Scrubs - DJ's Daydreams
Spectacle
Puppets
Moving / Rotating Set
Slow motion / Rewind
Masks
Movement / Synchronization
Set / Scenic Design
De-anthropamorphize
Costumes
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Auditory
The Wizard of Oz
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Virtuosity
Audience Interaction
Dance / Choreography
Acrobatics
Split Scene
Rhythm
Inner Monologue
Sound Effects
Direct address
Music / Instrumentation
Cirque Du Soleil
Blue Man Group
Singing
Foreign / Exaggerated Language
Big Fish
House of Cards
Audience Participation
Other Senses
Incongruity / Alienation
Theatrical
Devices
Temperature Change / Wind
Smell of Food
Characters
Meta Devices
Anthropomorphize
Fantasy
Timeline: Flashforward / Flashback
Collage / Collection
Historical (ie. Gary Coleman - "Avenue Q", John Malkovich)
Point-of-View
Fictional
Alternate Reality
Cross-casting (ie. Lady Bracknell)