Background and Expectations of the Audience
I. BACKGROUND OF INDIVIDUAL SPECTATORS
II. BACKGROUND OF THE PERIOD
A. Theater and Society
B. Greek Theater and Culture
C. Elizabethan Theater and Culture
D. Modern Theater and Culture
III. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PLAY OR PLAYWRIGHT
IV. EXPECTATIONS: THE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES IN MODERN THEATER
A. Broadway and Touring Theater
B. Resident Professional Theaters
C. Alternative Theaters: Off-Broadway and Elsewhere
D. Colleges and University Theaters
E. Multiethnic, Multicultural and Gender Theaters
1. African American Theater
2. Hispanic Theater
3. Asian American Theater
4. Native American Theater
5. Feminist Theater
6. Lesbian and Gay Theater
7. Political Theater
8. Avant-Garde and Experimental Theater
9. Crossover Theater
Identify or Define
1. Lorraine Hansberry
2. Elizabethan theater
3. Hispanic theater
4. Broadway theater
5. Off-Broadway theater
6. Off-off-Broadway theeater
7. African American theater
8. Repertory
9. Resident professional theater
10. Alternative theater
11. Eclecticism
12. Asian American theater
13. Feminist theater
14. Lesbian and gay theater
15. Political theater
16. Avant-garde and experimental theater
17. Native American theater
18. Performance art
19. Crossover theater