The Theatre Experience: 2025 Release ISE

PART 1 The Audience

1 The Audience: Its Role and Imagination

2 Background and Expectations of the Audience

3 Theatre Spaces

PART 2 The Performers and the Director

4 Acting for the Stage

5 The Director and the Producer

PART 3 The Designers

6 Scenery

7 Stage Costumes

8 Lighting and Sound

PART 4 The Playwright and the Play

9 Creating the World of the Play

10 Dramatic Structure and Dramatic Characters

11 Theatrical Genres

12 Alternative and Experimental Dramatic and Theatrical Forms

13 Diverse and Inclusive Plays, Playwrights, and Theatrical Forms

Plays That May Be Read Online

Glossary

The Theatre Experience prepares students to be well-informed and appreciative theatre audience members. With an audience-centered narrative that engages today's students, a vivid photo program that brings concepts to life, and features that teach and encourage a variety of skill sets, students master core concepts and learn to think critically about theatre and the world around them. As a result, students are better prepared for class and better prepared for theatre-going. The textbook is noted for its lively writing style and for helping students recognize how theatre relates to our everyday lives.