Ch. 9: Director and Producer

Question 1

What is Post-Modernism?

Answer 1

• Destruction of the text
• Abandonment of the narrative or linear structure
• Unfamiliar, cross-gender, multicultural casting

Question 2

What does the Director do?

Answer 2

Handles artistic aspects (interpretation of script, designers, performers), integrating all theatrical elements into a finished production

Question 3

Open Call

Answer 3

Auditions that allows anyone who wants to audition to do so. The auditioner has 2 minutes to give a monoloque, ‘becoming’ that character

Question 4

Rehearsal

Answer 4

Typically 2-4 days a week, incorporation of costumes and makeup

Question 5

Table Read

Answer 5

Cast reads the script, maybe for 1st time, and analyzes the script

Question 6

Off Book

Answer 6

Lines should be memorized, able to read with a group, focusing on tone and mood

Question 7

Blocking

Answer 7

Director decides when/where performers move and position

Question 8

Eye of Audience

Answer 8

Director sits in the seats during rehearsal so that they can see what the audience will see opening night. Allows director to adjust if needed

Question 9

Tech Week

Answer 9

Elements other than acting to see how everything works together
Dry Tech: organizes lights, scenery, sound
Wet Tech: Organizes actors

Question 10

Producer

Answer 10

• Responsible for the financial and managerial tasks, making available to public
• Influences artistic decisions
• Could also be an actor

Question 11

Broadway Producer

Answer 11

Organizations that raise the capital, and receive a large part of the profit. They are also investors
- Negotiate all contracts, rent space, lease space, arrange publicity, administer payroll, and keep all financial records

Question 12

Community Theatre

Answer 12

Volunteers carry out many of the duties
- Non Profit, an avocation
- Very few roles