Theater 210 Midterm Cal Poly Valle
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What is theater? - ✔✔a impersonates b as c looks on
deaf theater west - ✔✔revolutionary; actors sign while acting
etiquette - ✔✔code of polite behavior in society; origin of word ticket
"sleep no more" - ✔✔immersive and promenade theater
promenade - ✔✔no beginning or end; re-imagines "audience" --> leave behind your
identity and become anonymous
immersive elements - ✔✔removal of stage, stimulates all senses, audience is part of
action
seance - ✔✔inside storage container wearing headphones, pitch black
gender in theater - ✔✔women did not appear on the english stage until 1660; males
played females prior to this
ethnicity in theater - ✔✔in US, black and white actors did not share stage until 20th
century
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, willing suspension of disbelief - ✔✔audience practice of willingly accepting the content
before them as real; actors pretend audience doesn't exist
the fourth wall - ✔✔theoretical barrier between audience and actors; audience "looks
through" to another world; breaking this wall means addressing the audience; the aside
is a comedic break with audience becomes actor's ally
Proscenium Stage - ✔✔"picture frame" around stage; represents 4th wall
presentational vs. representational - ✔✔presentation - no 4th wall, play to audience
representation - play for audience
representation - ✔✔why do humans recreate things?
Plato's allegory of the cave - ✔✔explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and
Truth. Shadows play a role in the illustration of our ability, or inability to be freed from
illusion through wisdom and reason.
Apollonian versus Dionysian - ✔✔Greek tragedy often pits the tragic hero in a struggle
(using reason) to overcome Chaos (Dionysus) or fate; greeks seek balance between
chaos and reason
Reason versus Chaos - ✔✔Apollo represented Harmony, Order and Reason. Dionysis
represented chaos and disorder.
508 BC. Democracy - ✔✔-World's First Democracy founded by Greece
-There were still slaves and women did not have the right to vote
audience in Greece - ✔✔dignitaries or nobility sat next to orchestra; women not allowed
Thespis - ✔✔first actor
orchestra - ✔✔dancing space
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
What is theater? - ✔✔a impersonates b as c looks on
deaf theater west - ✔✔revolutionary; actors sign while acting
etiquette - ✔✔code of polite behavior in society; origin of word ticket
"sleep no more" - ✔✔immersive and promenade theater
promenade - ✔✔no beginning or end; re-imagines "audience" --> leave behind your
identity and become anonymous
immersive elements - ✔✔removal of stage, stimulates all senses, audience is part of
action
seance - ✔✔inside storage container wearing headphones, pitch black
gender in theater - ✔✔women did not appear on the english stage until 1660; males
played females prior to this
ethnicity in theater - ✔✔in US, black and white actors did not share stage until 20th
century
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY GRACE AMELIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, willing suspension of disbelief - ✔✔audience practice of willingly accepting the content
before them as real; actors pretend audience doesn't exist
the fourth wall - ✔✔theoretical barrier between audience and actors; audience "looks
through" to another world; breaking this wall means addressing the audience; the aside
is a comedic break with audience becomes actor's ally
Proscenium Stage - ✔✔"picture frame" around stage; represents 4th wall
presentational vs. representational - ✔✔presentation - no 4th wall, play to audience
representation - play for audience
representation - ✔✔why do humans recreate things?
Plato's allegory of the cave - ✔✔explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and
Truth. Shadows play a role in the illustration of our ability, or inability to be freed from
illusion through wisdom and reason.
Apollonian versus Dionysian - ✔✔Greek tragedy often pits the tragic hero in a struggle
(using reason) to overcome Chaos (Dionysus) or fate; greeks seek balance between
chaos and reason
Reason versus Chaos - ✔✔Apollo represented Harmony, Order and Reason. Dionysis
represented chaos and disorder.
508 BC. Democracy - ✔✔-World's First Democracy founded by Greece
-There were still slaves and women did not have the right to vote
audience in Greece - ✔✔dignitaries or nobility sat next to orchestra; women not allowed
Thespis - ✔✔first actor
orchestra - ✔✔dancing space
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