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THE 101 - Chapter 10

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Professional theatres operating on significantly reduced budgets and located primarily in New York neighborhoods, some very near actual Broadway theatres, became collectively known in the 1950s as
off-Broadway.
Eastern European directors created a theatre of ancient plays produced with
hidden, often subversive meanings clear to audiences, but lost on the government.
Which American playwright created works, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, and The Piano Lesson, that portray different aspects of African American life in each decade of the twentieth century?
August Wilson
The emergence of spectacular theatre was facilitated mainly by
advanced theatre technology.
Theatre Breaking Through Barriers employs actors __________ for all their productions
with disabilities
Shakespeare festivals, which began in the Great Depression and which now exist in every state, originated with summer stock productions. T or F?
True
What kind of theatre puts on plays for their own enjoyment and is considered amateur?
community theatre
Which of the following is NOT true of nonprofit theatres?
"Nonprofit" means that no one makes a profit; therefore, actors, stage designers, and all members involved in the production receive no salaries.
The founding of the Yale Drama Department (now known as the Yale School of Drama)
signaled an expanded commitment on the part of American higher education to train and educate future theatre artists.
Today's theatre is difficult to categorize because
it is difficult to predict which plays will stand the test of time.
One recent example of a mainstream Broadway musical that addresses issues of sexuality is
Avenue Q.
Founded by Luis Valdez in 1965, which contemporary Chicano theatre was created to dramatize the farm workers' situation in California?
Teatro Campesino
The artist Karen Finley, who had her NEA grant revoked after she smeared her naked body with chocolate, was working in the genre of
performance art.
What description best characterizes the Borderlands Theatre?
bilingual productions for the local Mexican American community with minimal staging and has no permanent home of their own
Athol Fugard is one of the world's most prominent playwrights from Australia. T or F?
False
Which region in Europe has been producing, according to many critics, the most exciting theatre of today, featuring subversive political ideas and artistic flamboyance conveyed through classical plays?
Eastern Europe
The term "dangerous theatre" is highly ironic: this movement's plays are straightforward and fun and avoid any political or physical altercations. T or F?
False
Which play represented the watershed moment for Asian American theatre, in terms of sheer popularity?
M. Butterfly
The variety of theatre introduced in the 1960s that denotes semi-professional or even amateur theatre in the New York/Manhattan area, often in locations such as church basements, YMCAs, and coffeehouses, is commonly known as off-off-Broadway. T or F?
True
Which of the following playwrights has received a Pulitzer Prize?
Suzan-Lori Parks
Which of the following is NOT True of Broadway performances?
The "Great White Way" has offered breakthrough teaching and acting positions through government-funded mentorships and apprenticeships.
Dinner theatres were introduced to suburban America in the 1970s offering a "night on the town" package of dinner and a play in the same facility. T or F?
True
The hit downtown New York production of Sleep No More, based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, takes place in a giant warehouse and allows the audience to wander wherever they wish. This is an example of
site-specific theatre as well as immersive theatre.
Which of the following is TRUE of performance art?
Performance art is primarily conceptual without having a clear narrative, character development, or structure, but can be arresting and provocative.
Theatre of community features works created for a community, by members of that same community, that often express, celebrate, and sometimes critique the culture of their creators. T or F?
true
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