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

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