Theatre lingo...

Theatre lingo:
1.  TPAC (Tenneesse  Performing Art Center)
2.  NCT (Nashville Children's Theatre)
3.  Dry run:  Going through show with tech, such as lights and sounds, without actors.
4.  Wet run:  Going through show with tech WITH actors
5.  Upstage:  back of stage
6.  Downstage:  front of the stage
7.  Stage left:  actor's left while on stage
8.  Stage right:  actor's right while on stage\
9.  The Pit:  Where the orchestra sits and performs during shows
10.  The Green Room:  holding room for the actors.  Resting room inbetween shows or scenes
11.  Wings:  Each side of the stage that is hidden to the public eye.  Ususally where actors go and prepare for the next scene. 

Coherence/Cohesion

Theatre plays a big roll in my life.  I have been participating in the arts since I was in kindergarden, so the topic I chose is relative to my life.  The theatre culture in Nashville seems sometimes lost in the hussle and bussle of the city life, especially when you mix music venues and downtown Nashville to the picture.  I take this personally because this will one day be my career, and having the arts not play a big part in the culture of Nashville is disheartening.   I can not wait to see if people working and acting in the theatres of Nashville feel the same way. 

Interview with Theatre major

I interviewed Adrienne Hall, a theatre major at Belmont University.  I asked her "do you know names of any theatres in Nashville outside of Belmont? "  She said the "Tennessee Reporitory theatre, the Dark Horse, the Actors Bridge ensemble, and Studio Tenn."  I then asked if she had done any other plays at the local Nashville theatre and she said she had not, said she had "colaborated with the Actor's Bridge Ensemble."  Then I asked her what plays she had been in at Belmont.  She, then, listed off many plays, such as Euridicy.  The most interesting question that I was eagar for Adrienne to ask was " why do you think people in Nashville do not attend musicals or plays?"  She responded that she didn't "think the people realize that no matter how much advertisment that you have the best way to get people to come to a show is by word of mouth."  This is such an interesting response because it is so true.  I find out about plays from friends telling me more so than looking at posters at Bongo Java or any other coffee shop. 

"Flow Chart"

-Get idea
-open word
-think of creative opener
-write thesis statement
-write points
-write body
-write conclusion
-reread
-revise
-reread