1. What exactly is art?

2. Art expresses things that cannot be understood by strictly intellectual means Knowledge can be broken into 2 types: 1. Intellectual Knowledge

3. There is also Experiential Knowledge Some things you know through direct experience

4. Theatre approximates experiential knowledge to elicit empathy. Sympathy – having compassion for someone – not necessarily understanding them Empathy – compassion born out of common experience or understanding

5. Theatre is a performing art Wilson and Goldfarb identify 3 categories of art: literaryvisualperforming

6. Perform To pretend to do something or be someone else Children Actors Deceivers

7. Perform To perform is also to do – to complete a function or task The pretending and the doing do not necessarily exclude one another

8. Represent To present again – to re-present If it wasn’t you the first time, this involves pretending - performing

9. Represent Lindsey Graham, Senator for South Carolina Represent also means to stand-in for someone, to speak for them This word has a political as well as artistic meaning

10. Why should we study Theatre? There are only two reasons for doing anything: 1. You like it 2. It’s good for you

11. Why theatre is ‘important’ 1.Theater is the foundation art of all drama - pantomime, opera, film, television, etc. Theater creates a relationship between performer and audience –Live –Personal –Immediate (unmediated) Theater teaches “timeless observations about the human condition” –Commonalities –Differences

12. Essentially, theater entertains and teaches. In that order. Theatre is the most effective art at teaching empathy.

13. Wilson and Goldfarb identify 6 elements of theatre 1.Audience 2.Dramatic Action Embodied in a Script 1.Structure 2.Focus 3.Point of view 3.Performers – someone who adopts a character other than their own 1.Talent 2.Skill 3.Believability

14. 4.Director 5. Theater Space 6. Design Elements 1.Costume 2.Lighting 3.Scene 4. Sound Finally: Theatre is collaborative