Theatre History 3 Final

literary movement that leaves modernism; no belief in a capital-T truth

semi-planned, semi-improvved events that included audiences; created by Allan Kaprow

theatre performed not at a standard theatre; its six rules were created by Richard Schechner of the Performance Group

international integration arising from interchange of worldviews and culture

an art piece that is by a performer, directed to an audience;

an ironic appreciation that might of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny

a work of art that closely imitates another work of art

Jerzy Grotowski's experimental theatre that had stripped-down elements

Augusto Boal's theatre with active audiences called spect-actors

public theatre staged as regular, real conversations meant to disguise theatre; part of theatre of the oppressed

part of theatre of the oppressed--all members roleplay different characters as spect-actors;

"street theatre"--involves acting out a social issue in a public place

theatre as a political tactic of confrontation and disruption intended to attract and arouse public awareness and action

an umbrella term for theatre with a greater purpose than entertainment

theatre aimed for civic involvement and community morale, involving as many members of the community (non-actors) as possible

Japanese dance/movement/performance

traditional chinese theatre that I already just know about

"chitlin" circuit; very spiritual black theatre, performed in churches; Tyler Perry

Male role in Beijing opera--can be any age or of any sub-type

Female role in Beijing opera

Painted face role in Beijing opera; very powerful characters

Clown role in Beijing opera; secondary, comical characters

Chinese "spoken word" drama based on Western drama

I have no fucking idea

casting where the characters and actors' races are not figured into the equation

drama for non-actors that is used to facilitate growth and education, not for performance;

Peter Brooks' idea of the worst kind of theatre; boring, competent, uninspired, a chore for the audience, like most productions of Shakespeare

violent demonstrations by the gay community against a police raid in Greenwich village

dance-poem, like Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf

any non-theatrical place where a play is staged

any non-theatrical place that is transformed into a theatre for the play

a grand narrative common to everyone

an image/copy without the substance or qualities of the original

site-specific art pioneered by Allan Kaprow;

Founder of environmental theatre (wrote the six axioms); founder of The Performance Group; produced Dionysius in '69

performance artist who helped to develop installation art and happenings

Russian director who co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre with Vladimir Namirovich-Danchenko; very important to the symbolist movement; killed by Stalin's men in 1940

first black playwright to be produced on Broadway for A Raisin in the Sun

pioneer of the Chicano movement; founded El Teatro Campesino; wrote Zoot Suit

One of the NEA Four; lesbian with sexual performances; performed at the WOW (Women's One World) Cafe; performed The Well of Horniness

One of the NEA Four; "the chocolate-smeared woman";

One of the NEA Four; "Vagina Dentata"

one of the NEA four; "My Queer Body"

pioneer in experimental theatre; Poor theatre--theatre with stripped down elements/minimalist

Impossible theatre--creating thought onstage; founded CRICOT 2

Cuban-American playwright who wrote Mud, Fefu and Her Friends, and The Conduct of Life

Theatre of the oppressed;

Performance artist--"Self-portrait exaggerating my negroid features"; would confront people when they said racist things

Performance artist--"Cut Piece"--married John Lennon

"The Artist is Present"

Feminist performance artist who performed "Interior Scroll"

"Shoot"; also the one where he tried to drown himself

founded The Living Theatre with Julian Beck; experimental

founded The Living Theatre with Judith Malina; experimental

founded The Open Theatre, a physical theatre group, with Jean-Claude van Itallie; they did The Serpent

founder and director of the Bread and Puppet Theatre;

African-American playwright attached to the Black Arts Movement; most famous for her first play, Funnyhouse of a Negro

African-American playwright who was successful with white audiences, like Lorraine Hansberry, with plays like Trouble in Mind

Black feminist who wrote choreopoems like For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf

actress and playwright famous for her "documentary"-style verbatim theatre, like Fires in the Mirror or Let Me Down Easy

Black playwright who wrote Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and many more as a part of the Pittsburgh cycle, ten plays set in ten different decades of the 20th century, chronicling the black experience

Founded Yale Rep and American Repertory Theatre; argued with August Wilson about race and colorblind casting

African-American playwright who wrote Topdog/Underdog and The America Play

found the liveness of theatre to be essential

liveness only exists when nonliveness exists; the feeling of liveness is most important

Director of really long plays; Theatre of Cruelty season, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mahabharata; hated Deadly Theatre (boring, competent theatre)

director/designer with intense creative visions; did Shakespeare's sonnets; Einstein on the Beach

Viewpoints; co-founded SITI Company

modern dance pioneer; Lamentation

German choreographer who worked in the style of Tanztheater

created the Suzuki method; co-founded SITI company with Anne Bogart

Founded the Odin Theatre

Founded Mabou Mines; Endgame in a subway

Mabou Mines Dollhouse with little people

Chinese playwright who adapted western plays

Improvisation for the Theatre

black playwright of the Black Arts Movement with Amiri Baraka; wrote The Electronic Nigger

Co-founded the Free Southern Theatre as part of the Black Theatre Movement

founder of the Black Arts Movement; wrote Dutchman and The Slave

American playwright and founder of Ridiculous Theatre Company; wrote The Mystery of Irma Vep

artistic branch of the Black Power movement; wanted to create theatre by, for, and near black people; founded by Amiri Baraka--Dutchman

Hispanic farmworkers' theatre founded by Luis Valdez; raised funds for striking farm workers

Environmental theatre group founded by Richard Schechner; they produced Dionysus in '69

queer camp theatre founded by Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, and Deb Margolin; performed "Belle Reprieve" based on A Streetcar Named Desire

theatre for Native American female playwrights; founded by Muriel Miguel

Asian-American Theatre organization

politically radical puppet theatre founded by Peter Schumann; gives free bread to the audience; admission is free

free political satire theatre

Jerzy Grotowski's poor theatre

Tadeusz Kantor's Polish theatre

Founded by playwright Charles Ludlam; interested in queer/camp theatre; split up after Ludlam's death in 1987

theatre company that specializes in community-based collaboration

longest-running Latino theatre

Women's One World Cafe; lesbian theatre space where many performance artists started

very large regional theatre in Minneapolis;

off-off-Broadway experimental theatre club

co-founded by Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki; combines the methods of Viewpoints and the Suzuki Method

Holly Hughes, Karen Finley, John Fleck, Tim Miller

experimental theatre group founded by Julian Beck and Judith Malina

experimental theatre group founded by Joseph Chaikin; they produced works by Jean-Claude van Itallie and others

anonymous group of feminists fighting sexism in the art world

founded by Eugenio Barba

co-founded by JoAnne Akalaitis and Lee Breuer and others; they did the little-person Dollhouse

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power; founded by Larry Kramer to fight the AIDS epidemic

LGBTQ activist organization formed from ACT UP members

black theatrical group in Harlem; Ed Bullins wrote for them for a while

Black theatre movement created by members from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, including John O'Neal