Crash Course "What is Theatre?" Interactive Video

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 the Theatre could literally translate to?

• The seeing place

• the hearing place

• the watching place

• the place

A popular definition is that theatre requires at least ___ actor and ___ audience member

Which spelling do you prefer?

• Theatre

• Theater

Euro-centrism means a European looked at another culture and said "well it's not how I do it so it must be wrong!"
Write down a food, song, or movie that you wouldn't be able to enjoy if we didn't move past eurocentrism.

(My favorites are Lamb Korma Curry and Lilo & Stitch (original)).

What does Mike say is a human urge to create Theatre?

• The urge to control their image of everything

• The urge to paint a lot of pretty pictures and talk about them

• The urge to mimic, play, and create stories about their lives.

• No one knows, it's a mystery