Theater 210 Midterm Cal Poly
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What is theater? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a impersonates b as c looks on
deaf theater west - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔revolutionary; actors sign while acting
etiquette - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔code of polite behavior in society; origin of word
ticket
"sleep no more" - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔immersive and promenade theater
promenade - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔no beginning or end; re-imagines "audience" --
> leave behind your identity and become anonymous
immersive elements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔removal of stage, stimulates all
senses, audience is part of action
seance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inside storage container wearing headphones,
pitch black
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, gender in theater - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔women did not appear on the english
stage until 1660; males played females prior to this
ethnicity in theater - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔in US, black and white actors did not
share stage until 20th century
willing suspension of disbelief - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔audience practice of
willingly accepting the content before them as real; actors pretend audience
doesn't exist
the fourth wall - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"picture frame" around stage;
represents 4th wall
presentational vs. representational - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔presentation - no 4th
wall, play to audience
representation - play for audience
representation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔why do humans recreate things?
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Valle2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Verified Answers | Already Graded A+
What is theater? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a impersonates b as c looks on
deaf theater west - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔revolutionary; actors sign while acting
etiquette - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔code of polite behavior in society; origin of word
ticket
"sleep no more" - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔immersive and promenade theater
promenade - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔no beginning or end; re-imagines "audience" --
> leave behind your identity and become anonymous
immersive elements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔removal of stage, stimulates all
senses, audience is part of action
seance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inside storage container wearing headphones,
pitch black
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
, gender in theater - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔women did not appear on the english
stage until 1660; males played females prior to this
ethnicity in theater - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔in US, black and white actors did not
share stage until 20th century
willing suspension of disbelief - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔audience practice of
willingly accepting the content before them as real; actors pretend audience
doesn't exist
the fourth wall - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"picture frame" around stage;
represents 4th wall
presentational vs. representational - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔presentation - no 4th
wall, play to audience
representation - play for audience
representation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔why do humans recreate things?
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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