1. DRAMA ONE First test and vocabulary

2. FIRST OF ALL, MEET A STEVENS ALUM:

3. CATHERINE BACH AS DAISY DUKE FROM “THE DUKES OF HAZZARD”

4. OTHER SOUTH DAKOTAN CELEBRITIES:

5. BOB BARKER OF “THE PRICE IS RIGHT”

6. CHERYL LADD OF “CHARLIES ANGELS”

7. DAVID SOUL OF “STARSKY AND HUTCH”

8. TOM BROKAW OF “NBC NIGHTLY NEWS”

9. L. FRANK BAUM, ABERDEEN S.D. (FORMERLY FROM NEW YORK)

10. SOUTH DAKOTANS CAN BE DISCOVERED!  This means…

11. VOCABULARY #1  And now on to some learning…

12. 1. AREA OF THE STAGE IN FRONT OF THE ACT CURTAIN APRON 2. THEATRE-IN-THE-ROUND ARENA 3. AREA ABOVE THE STAGE RESERVED FOR TECHIES CATWALK

13. 4. PLAY GENRE: CHARACTERIZED BY HUMOR AND HAPPY ENDING COMEDY 5. STAGE AREA CLOSEST TO THE AUDIENCE DOWNSTAGE 6. PLAY GENRE: SERIOUS ISSUES AND SITUATIONS DRAMA

14. 7. PLAY GENRE: AN UNBELIEVABLE COMEDY FARCE 8. ‘FAKE’ WALL USED ON STAGE FLAT 9. THE AREA ABOVE THE STAGE TO SUSPEND DROPS, PROPS, ETC. FLY SPACE

15. 10. TRAGIC OR FATAL FLAW IN A PERSON’S CHARACTER HAMARTIA 11. A LONG SPEECH BY A CHARACTER TO SOMEONE ELSE MONOLOGUE 12. WHY A CHARACTER DOES WHAT HE/SHE DOES MOTIVATION

16. 13. USING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURES INSTEAD OF WORDS PANTOMIME 14. ‘FAKE’ STAGING ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL LEVELS PLATFORM 15. CHARACTER SPEECH SAYING THEIR THOUGHTS ALOUD SOLILOQUY

17. 16. STAGE TYPE WHERE AUDIENCE SITS ON THREE SIDES THRUST 17. PLAY GENRE: THE HERO LEARNS A HARD LESSON, USUALLY DIES TRAGEDY 18. AREA OF THE STAGE AWAY FROM THE AUDIENCE UPSTAGE

18. 19. STEALING THE FOCUS FROM THE RIGHTFUL ACTOR OR BLOCKING THEM UPSTAGING 20. OFFSTAGE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE ACTING AREA WINGS

19. ABYDOS PASSION PLAY ABYDOS, EGYPT DEATH OF A GOD - OSIRIS ROSETTA STONE  Earliest text

20. DRAMA MEANS: A THING DONE THEATRE MEANS: A SEEING PLACE THESPIS WAS THE FIRST ACTOR AESCHYLUS (525 – 456 BC) WROTE “THE ORESTEIA” INTRODUCED SECOND ACTOR OLDEST COMPLETE TRILOGY WE HAVE TODAY SOPHOCLES (496 – 406 BC) WROTE “OEDIPUS REX” INTRODUCED THIRD ACTOR ARISTOTLE (384 – 322 BC)WROTE “ARS POETICA” THOUGHT “OEDIPUS REX” WAS PERFECT PLAY  Greek Drama

21. TRILOGY: THREE TRAGEDIES ONE SATYR PLAY TRAGOS: GOAT SONG DIONYSUS: PATRON GOD OF THEATRE GREEK CHORUS: 50 MEN SKENE: CHANGING HOUSE ORKESTRA: AMPHITHEATRE STAGE THEATRON: AUDIENCE SEATING (HOUSE) DEUS EX MACHINA: SPECIAL EFFECTS APPARATUS  Greek drama continued:

22. EXPOSITION CONFLICT/COMPLICATION RISING ACTION CLIMAX DENOUEMENT  Aristotle’s five parts of the perfect play

23. CHARACTER PLOT DICTION THOUGH SONG SPECTACLE  Aristotle’s six elements

24. TRUST  Most important word in theatre: