Index
A Avant-grade, 70–71
Abbott, George, 93 Awake and Sing, 92
Damn Yankees, 93
Absurdism, 35, 71–72 B
Abydos Passion Play, 53 Bachelor of Arts, 167–168
Adler, Richard, 93 Bachelor of Fine Arts, 168–169
Damn Yankees, 93 Bald Soprano, The, 72
Actor resources, 75 Barn door, 122
Actor responsibilities, 159–160 Baton, 24
Actor’s Equity Association (AEA), 105, 111 Beach Boys, 36, 46
Acting process, 103–110 Beats, 110
A Doll House, 69 Beckett, Samuel, 34–35, 46, 71, 97, 143, 187,
Administrative office, 28–29 194–195
Aeschylus, 59 Waiting for Godot, 34, 46, 71, 97, 143, 187,
Oresteia, 59 194–195
Albee, Edward, 75, 91–92, 97 Bergen, Candace (Murphy Brown), 63–64
Seascape, 91 Berger, Thomas, 68
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 92, 97 Little Big Man, 68
Zoo Story, 75 Bernstein, Leonard, 72, 93
All My Sons, 91, 95, 118, 125, 178 West Side Story, 72, 93
American Buffalo, 92 Berry, Brent, 177
American Federation of Radio and TV Artists Bits ‘N Pieces Theatre, 178
(AFTRA), 111 Black box theatre, 7, 13–15
Analysis (criticism), 46 Blocking, 99–100, 142
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Bock, Jerry, 93
Themes, 73, 92 Fiddler on the Roof, 93
Arena stage, 7, 12–13 Box office, 29–30
Artistic Styles/Movements (Historical-isms), Box office manager, 154–155
65–73 Broadway, 43, 72, 176, 178
Andronicus, Livius, 61 Brecht, Bertolt, xvii
Antigone, 116 Briscusse, Leslie, 93
Aristotle, 39–40 Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the
Lyceum, 39 Crowd, The, 93
Poetics, 39 Brockett, Oscar, 63
ArtsPower, 178 History of Theatre, 63
Asbestos curtain, 9 Bureau of Economic Development, The, 179
As Good As It Gets, 104 Buried Child, 92, 143, 181, 187, 196–197
A Streetcar Named Desire, 27, 46, 77, 133, 187, Burke, Kenneth, 42
193
A Thousand Cranes, 92 C
Audience etiquette, 158–159 Cabaret, 93, 118
Audience seating, 30–31 Callboard, 139
Auditions, 138 Calling the show, 139
Autumn Garden, The, 92, 95
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204 Index
Casey, Warren, 93 Deschamps, Gail, 92
Grease, 93 A Thousand Cranes, 92
Cast, 97, 132 Design morgue, 118
Catharsis, 40–41, 57 Desire Under the Elms, 116
Cats, 93, 175 Deus ex machina, 58
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 133 Dichter, Misha, 103
Censorship, 81 Dimmers, 126
Chairs, The, 72 Directors, 95–100, 149
Chaney Sr., Lon, 108–109 concept, 97–98
Chieftans, The, 133 Disney on Broadway, 179
Chekhov, Anton, 92 Dithyramb, 41
Children’s Hour, The, 92 Doctor of Philosophy, 170
Children’s theatre, 82 Dracula, 116, 118
Choreographers, 101 Dramatic irony, 56–57
Churchill, Caryl, 73, 92, 105, 186 Dramaturge, 100
Top Girls, 73, 92, 186 Damn Yankees, 93
Churchill, Sir Winston, 5 Dressing room, 16, 153, 157
Chicago, 157 Dry technical rehearsal, 142
Circuits, 126
City Dionysis Festival, 58 E
Clannad, 133 Ebb, Fred, 93, 118
Classical Greece, 5, 54–59 Cabaret, 93, 118
architecture, 61 Edwards, Sherman, 76
Classical Rome, 59–61 1776, 76
architecture, 61 Egypt, 53
Clinton, William J., 5 Abydos Passion Play, 53
Columbus, Chris, 69 Ekkyklema, 58
Mrs. Doubtfire, 69 Electrics, 122
Come Back Little Sheba, 97 Elgin Marbles, 55
Cooper, Gary, 108 Ellipsoidals, 121–122
Conflict, 87 Ensler, Eve, 73
Connors, Jimmy, 37 Vagina Monologues, The, 73
Control booth, 20–21 Etruscans, 62
Costume crew, 153–154 Equity house, 111
Costume designer, 127–130 Equity light, 151–152
Costume parade, 131 Equus, 91, 95, 181–182
Counter-weight system, 22–23, 153 Esslin, Martin, 35
Crucible, The, 88, 91 absurdist drama, 35
Cubistic art, 35 Euripedes, 59
Cyclical endeavor, 163 Evaluation (criticism), 46
Cyclorama, 27–28
Cyrano de Bergerac, 125 F
fabulas (Classical Rome), 60
D Fantasticks, The, 71, 93, 118, 178
Dale, Dick, 46 Fate v. Free will, 55–56
Dames at Sea, 93 Fences, 92, 182
Darion, Joe, 93 Field, Sally, 69
Man of La Mancha, 93 Fiddler on the Roof, 93
Darwin, Charles, 69 Fly system, 22–23
On the Origin of Species, 69 Flying crew, 152
Deane, Hamilton, 118 Follow spot (see spotlight)
Dracula, 118 Follow spot operator, 154
Death of a Salesman, 77 Frelich, Phyllis, 90–91
Denouement, 88–89
Index 205
Fresnels, 122 I
Front of house, 28 Ibsen, Henrik, 69, 92
A Doll House, 69, 92
G Ghosts, 69, 92
Gaze, 73 Hedda Gabler, 113
Gels, 124 Iceman Cometh, The, 46
Genre, 35, 39, 72, 87, 93, 108, 138, 144 Importance of Being Earnest, The, 92
Gershwin, Ira and George, 118 Inge, William, 97
Crazy for You, 118 Come Back Little Sheba, 97
Glass Menagerie, The, 88, 91 Inya, 133
Glengarry Glen Ross, 92 Instauratio, 60
Gobos, 124–125 Intentions, 109
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 42 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Graduate Theatre Arts Degrees, 169–171 Employees (IATSE), 111
Grand curtain, 9 Into the Woods, 93
Great God Brown, The, 92 Ionesco, Eugène, 35, 72
Green room, 17 Bald Soprano, The, 72
Grease, 93 Chairs, The, 72
Greasepaint, 132
Guthrie Theatre, 108 J
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,
H 93
Haimsohn, George, 93 Jan and Dean, 46
Dames at Sea, 93 Jacobs, Jim, 93
Hairstyling, 131 Grease, 93
Hamilton, Paul, 92 Jarry, Alfred, 71
A Thousand Cranes, 92 Ubu Roi, 71
Hammerstein II, Oscar, 72, 75, 93 Jones, Robert Edmond, 116–117
Oklahoma, 75, 93 Jones, Tom, 71, 93, 118
Showboat, 72, 93 Fantasticks, The, 71, 93, 118, 178
South Pacific, 72
Hansberry, Lorraine, 72 K
Happy Days, 104 Kander, John, 93, 118
Harnick, Sheldon, 93 Cabaret, 93, 118
Fiddler on the Roof, 93 Kant, Immanuel, 42
Headshot, 139, 105–107 Kaufman, Moisés, 92
Hedda Gabler, 113 Laramie Project, The, 92
Heidi Chronicles, The, 73 Kennedy, John F., 5
Hellman, Lillian, 92 Kentucky Cycle, The, 92
Autumn Garden, The, 92, 95 Kern, Jerome, 72, 93
Children’s Hour, The, 92 Showboat, 72, 93
Toys in the Attic, 92 South Pacific, 72
Hemingway, Earnest, 100 Kinnear, Greg, 104
Hernani, 67 Kotis, Greg, 72
Hollman, Mark, 72 Urinetown, 72
Urinetown, 72 Kushner, Tony, 73, 92
Horace, 41–42 Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National
Ars Poetica, The Art of Poetry, 41 Themes, 73, 92
House manager, 149–152
Hsovitha, 63 L
How I Learned to Drive, 73, 92, 183 Lapine, James, 93
Hugo, Victor, 67 Into the Woods, 93
Hernani, 67 Laramie Project, The, 92
Notre-Dame de Paris, 67
206 Index
Larsen, Jonathan, 72, 92, 118 Miller, Kathryn Schultz, 92
Rent, 72, 118 A Thousand Cranes, 92
Laurents, Arthur, 93 Miller, Robin, 93
West Side Story, 72, 93 Dames at Sea, 93
Lawrence and Lee, 92 Millinery (hats), 131
Leigh, Mitch, 93 Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), 92
Man of La Mancha, 93 Tartuffe, 92 , 95
Lennon, John, 36 Muse, 38
Light board operator, 154 Music, 98, 133
Lighting designers, 120–121 Musical directors, 101
Lighting theory, 125
Lion King, The, 73, 93, 120, 132, 176 N
Little Big Man, 68 Naevius, Gnaeus, 61
Little Shop of Horrors, 135 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 177
Load-in door, 17–20 National Science Foundation (NSF), 177
Lobby, 28 Naturalism, 70
Loft, 22–23 Naumachia, 60
Logan, Joshua, 72 Nelson, Ricky, 36
South Pacific, 72 Neoclassicism, 67
ludi, 60 Newley, Anthony, 93
Ludwig, Ken, 118 Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the
Crazy for You, 118 Crowd, The, 93
New Stagecraft, 71
M ‘night, Mother, 87, 92, 184–185
Ma, YoYo, 103 Norman, Marsha, 72, 92
Macbeth, 11, 95 ‘night, Mother, 87, 92, 184–185
Makeup design, 131–132 Notre-Dame de Paris, 67
Mama Mia, 93 Noumenal World, 38
Mamet, David, 82, 92, 110, 185
American Buffalo, 92 O
Glengarry Glen Ross, 92 Objectives (acting), 109
Oleanna, 92, 110, 185 O’Casey, Sean, 133
Manager responsibilities, 160 Odets, Clifford, 72, 92, 100
Man of La Mancha, 93 Awake and Sing, 92
Marketing, 143–146 Waiting for Lefty, 92
Martin, Steve, 90 Off-Broadway, 138
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, 90, 95 Oklahoma, 75, 93
Master of Arts, 169 Oleanna, 185
Master Electrician, 127, 149 O’Neill, Eugene, 46, 72, 92, 100, 116
Master of Fine Arts, 103, 169–170 Desire Under the Elms, 116
Masteroff, Joe, 93, 118 Great God Brown, The, 92
Cabaret, 93, 118 Iceman Cometh, The, 46, 92
McCartney, Paul, 34 Summer and Smoke, 88
Medoff, Mark, xi–xiv, 90–92 On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection,
Children of a Lesser God, 87, 91 69–70
Tommy J and Sally, 117 Opening the house, 150
Wager, The, 92 Our Country’s Good, 92
When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?, 92 Our Town, 171
Melodrama, 68, 73
Miller, Arthur, 72, 82, 88, 91, 100, 118, 133 P
All My Sons, 91, 95, 118, 125, 178 Paper technical rehearsal, 142
Crucible, The, 88, 91 Parabolic Aluminum Reflectors (PARS), 123
Death of a Salesman, 76, 88, 91 Paradoi, 59
Paraskenia (skene), 58
Index 207
Parthenon Marbles, 55 Royalties, 75, 77–78, 80
Pepper, Stephen, 34, 42 Running crew, 152–154
Mechanism World View, 43
Contextual World View, 43–45 S
Formism World View, 45 Saroyan, William, 72, 92,100, 118
Organism World View, 45–46 Time of Your Life, The, 92, 95, 118
Phantom of the Opera, The, 93, 132 Scene Actor’s Guild (SAG), 105, 111
Phenomenal World, 38 Scenic designers/artists, 114–119
Piano Lesson, The, 92 Schenkkan, Robert, 92
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, 90, 95 Kentucky Cycle, The, 92
Picasso, Pablo, 35 Schindler’s List, 44
cubistic art, 35 Schmidt, Harvey, 71, 93, 118
Pipes, 24 Fantasticks, The, 71, 93, 118, 178
Pinakes, 58 School for Scandal, The, 92
Pirandello, Luigi, 35, 71 Scoops, 121, 123
Six Characters in Search of an Author, 71 Seascape, 91
Plato, 37–39 Seneca the Younger, Lucius Annaeus, 61
Academy, 38 Serpentine, 10
Plautus, Titus Maccius, 61 Shaffer, Peter, 91, 181
Post-modernism, 72–73 Equus, 91, 95, 181–182
Post-mordem, 164 Shakespeare, William, xvi–xvii, 11–12, 63–65,
Practicals (lighting), 125 68, 78, 82, 92, 95, 108, 120, 132, 138, 159,
Practicum-oriented, 167 170, 187, 191
Process-oriented and product-oriented, 149 Shepard, Sam, 72, 92, 105, 143, 181, 187
Professional affiliations, 110–112 Buried Child, 92, 143, 181, 196–197
Prompt book, 99, 138, 151 True West, 92
Property designers, 134–135 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 92
Property master, 135, 149, 153 School for Scandal, The, 92
Proscenium stage, 7–10, 87 Shiller, Friedrich, 42
Proscenium arch, 9 Shops, 24–27
Proscenium wall, 8 Showboat, 93
Public domain, 78 Shuman, Mort, 93
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in
Q Paris, 93
Quayle, Dan, 63 Six Characters in Search of an Author, 71
Sleuth, 115
R Sondheim, Stephen, 93
Realism, 69–70, 73, 115 Into the Woods, 93
Rehearsal schedules, 142 West Side Story, 72, 93
Rent, 72, 93, 118 Sophocles, 56, 59
Research-oriented, 167 Antigone, 116
Rhinocerous, 46 Oedipus Rex, 56, 189–190
Ritualistic drama, 49–51 Sound board operator, 154
Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd, Sound designers, 132–133
The, 93 Sound effects, 133–134
Rodgers, Richard, 72, 75, 92 South Pacific, 72, 178
Oklahoma, 75, 93 Specials (lighting), 125
South Pacific, 72 Spiking, 150
Romanticism, 67–68, 73 Spotlights, 122–124, 154
Romeo and Juliet, 12, 87 Stagehands, 152–154
Ross, Jerry, 93 Stage managers, 138–139, 149–152
Damn Yankees, 93 Stein, Joseph, 93
Rostand, Edmond, 125 Fiddler on the Roof, 93
Cyrano de Bergerac, 125 Stern, Isaac, 103
208 Index
Stone, Peter, 76 Vogel, Paula, 43, 73, 92, 183
1776, 76 How I Learned to Drive, 73, 92, 183
Strikes, 163
Strips lights, 123 W
Studios, 27 Wager, The, 92
Summer and Smoke, 88 Waiting for Lefty, 92
Suspension of disbelief, 50–51, 100 Waiting for Godot, 34, 46, 71, 97, 143, 187,
Symbolism, 71, 73 194–195
Walking the stage, 150
T Wallop, Douglass, 93
Taping the floor, 141 Damn Yankees, 93
Tartuffe, 92, 95 Wasserman, Wendy, 93
Teaser, 23–24 Man of La Mancha, 93
Technical directors, 119, 149 Wasserstein, Wendy, 73
Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer), 61, 63 Heidi Chronicles, The, 73
Theatre as art, 50–52 Wertenbaker, Timberlake, 92
Theatre IV, 178 Our Country’s Good, 92
Theatron, 7 West Side Story, 72, 93
Thymele, 59 Wet technical rehearsal, 142
Thrust stage, 7, 10–12 When You Comin’ Back Red Ryder, 92
Time of Your Life, The, 95 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 92
Time Square, NYC, 178 Wicked, 93
Top Girls, 73, 92, 186 Wilder, Thornton, 92
Tormentor, 23–24 Our Town, 171
Tortoise and the Hare, 175 Williams, Anson, 104
Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, The, 187, Williams, Robin, 69
191 Williams, Tennessee, 46, 72, 82, 88, 91, 100,
Two Gentlemen of Verona, 159 125
Toys in the Attic, 92 A Streetcar Named Desire, 46, 77, 88
True West, 92 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 133
Glass Menagerie, The, 88, 91, 125
U Wing space, 17
Ubu Roi, 71 Wilde, Oscar, 92
Undergraduate theatre arts degrees, 167–169 Importance of Being Earnest, The, 92
Urinetown, 72 Wilson, August, 72, 92, 182
Usher, (Raymond IV, Usher), 157 Fences, 92, 182
Piano Lesson, The, 92
V Wise, Jim, 93
Vagina Monologues, The, 73 Dames at Sea, 93
Ventures, 46