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Theater Appreciation Midterm 1 ● Reasons People Go To Theater ○ Theater has immediacy, relevance, and engagement. ○ Theater is social. It’s a good place to be a part of a great event. ○ Theater pleases the senses through: ■ The spectacle of its visual display such as: ● Scenery ● Costumes ● Lighting ■ The sensation of sound: ● Language ● Music ● Special Effects ○ Engages the imagination with its stories and characters. ○ Offers experiences we don’t often have: ■ Exotic yet familiar ■ Good vs. Evil ■ Funny and sad ○ Theater appeals intellectually by engaging audiences with relevant issues. ● What is Theater? ○ Theater = Actor(s) + Audience + Space ■ Without AUDIENCE, you would be in rehearsal ■ Without SPACE, it would be a radio performance ■ Without ACTORS, it would be a group of people in a room. ○ Theater can happen anywhere ○ Theater as a performance ■ Performance – an activity where some people do something while other people watch. ○ Not just confined to the arts ■ Religion ■ Sports ■ Politics ○ Shared traits of performances ■ People that do something (performers, actors) ■ Something done (a speech, ritual, or play) ■ Watchers (spectators, audiences) ■ Performance space (stadium, church, theater)