What is Theater? Crash Course

Using context clues, what do you think a "prologue" means in theatrical vocabulary?

• The ending of the play, where everything ties together

• A brief introductory speech, often in verse, spoken by an actor at the beginning of the play

• A musical portion where everyone in the cast sings

What phrase did Mike say "theatre" could directly translate to?

• The seeing place

• The hearing place

• The big stage area

• A picture show

How many actors and audience members does a popular definition require for it to officially be "theatre"?

Class vote! Theatre or Theater

• Theatre

• Theater

• My opinion is a secret 🤫

Select the choice that has the two words in order of these terms: subjects that have no religious involvement versus subjects that imply religious involvement

• sacred v secular

• soliloquy v santa

• secular v sacred

What are the 3 differences between religious/reenactment and theater?

• fact v fiction
  costumes
  music

• secular v sacred
  fact v fiction
  audience involvement

• the order of performance and audience involvement

Why is Mike using so many air quotes?

• Mike is helping the audience read into some white-man mentality from history

• Mike is dubious about the European scientists accuracy while creating these theories

• The scientists "science" had some strong opinions, which are by nature, not scientific