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What is Greece?
Theatre's place of origin
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Who is William Shakespeare?
A famous British playwright, poet, and actor. Often regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
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What is Forum Theatre?
A form of theatre that invites the audience to collaborate in the experience, allowing them to replace actors or add their own solutions to the play's conflict. Falls under the category of Theatre of the Oppressed.
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What is Romeo & Juliet?
Arguably Shakespeare's most famous play- a tragedy featuring two star crossed lovers and their quest to be together despite their families hatred for one another
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What is Phantom of the Opera?
The longest running musical in Broadway history that follows Christine Daae and her angel of music.
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What is Commedia Dell'arte?
Improvised comedy theatre popular in 16th to 18th century Italy
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Who is Lynn Nottage?
A Pulitzer Prize winning playwright for her plays Sweat and Ruined.
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What is the Bechdel Test?
Named for the playwright responsible for Fun Home the musical, this is a test to discern if a piece of theatre or film is using gender stereotyping. To pass, the work must include at least one scene where two named female characters have a conversation about something other
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What is The Crucible?
A famous play by Arthur Miller about the Salem Witch Trials
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What is Hamilton?
A broadway musical famous for its use of rap to tell the story of the founding fathers of the US
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What is a jukebox musical?
A musical that uses songs written and popularized before the inception of the musical.
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Who is August Wilson?
An African American playwright best known for his cycle of ten plays called The Pittsburgh Cycle which are about the experiences of the African American community throughout the 20th century
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What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A period of cultural revival for African American music, dance, art, theatre, literature, politics, fashion and more centered in New York City during the 1920s-30s.
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What is The Woman in Black?
The longest running play on the West End - a ghost story with only 3 actors. Daniel Radcliffe played one of these characters in the movie adaptation in 2012
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What is Les Miserables?
A famous musical set during the French Revolution and the lives caught up in it.
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What is Noh Theatre?
Japanese dance drama
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Who is Bertolt Brecht?
A German theatre practitioner and poet best known for his plays Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Person of Setzuan, and The Threepenny Opera among others
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What is Theatre of Cruelty?
A form of theatre used to shock the audience by using intense movement, music, sound, and lights.
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What is A Raisin in the Sun?
Won the Drama Critics Circle award for Best Play in 1959, a play about a Black family in Chicago dealing with the aftermath of the death of their father and the complex social issues they face
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What is Fun Home?
A musical by Allison Bechdel, originally a graphic novel, about realizing she was a lesbian that also reflects on her relationship with her father after his death
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What is Bunraku?
A form of Japanese puppet theatre
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Who is Anton Chekhov?
A FAMOUS RUSSIAN PLAYWRIGHT KNOWN FOR THIS PLAYS THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE SEAGULL, AND UNCLE VANYA
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What is Vaudeville?
French theatre popularized in the US in the 1800s-1990s, with comedic plays that were often satirical without moral intentions.
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What is Angels in America?
A Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tony Kushner in two parts that metaphorically and symbolically looks at the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
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What is The Color Purple?
A broadway musical following Celie, a young African American woman in the mid 20th century
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