Gorilla Theater: A Practical Guide to Performing the New Outdoor Theater Anytime, Anywhere,9780878301713

Gorilla Theater: A Practical Guide to Performing the New Outdoor Theater Anytime, Anywhere

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780878301713
ISBN10: 0878301712
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2003-07-18
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Author Biography

Christopher Carter Sanderson, founding director of Gorilla Rep, is the creator of an alternative theatrical concept: live free performance in public spaces. He has taught drama at Princeton and Yale. He lives in New Haven

Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY MARTIN DENTON xiii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
Introduction: About Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. 1(1)
Gorilla Rep Manifesto
1. Concept and Location 1(20)
Inspiration
Read Plays, Shakespeare First
List Plays
Tour Sites
List Sites with Pros and Cons
2. Scouting 21(14)
Organizations That Can Help
Rights of Free Speech and Assembly
Working Conditions for the Actors and Personnel
Mapping the Site
3. Establishing Corporate Culture 35(6)
Observations
Responding to Conflicts
Running Effective Meetings
4. Casting 41(14)
Ideas and Ideals
Respect for Actors and Demands of the Form
Enthusiasm for the Form
Character Basics and Physical Motion
Working in Further Detail
Techniques and Scheduling
Callback Practices and Forms
5. Rehearsal Techniques 55(28)
Introduction: Use What You Know
How Do You See?
Respect for the Audience
Respect for the Text
The Character Meeting: Establishing Individual Communication
Scheduling Rehearsal
The Three-Phase Technique: Improvisation, Work-Through, and Staging
Run-Throughs
Adapting Indoor Techniques to Outdoor Uses
A Note
6. The Paratheatric Rehearsal Technique 83(18)
Brief Description
Early Experiments
Scouting and Booking
Logistics
Schedule
Blazing and Establishing Safe Practices
Improvisation Suggestions for Day One and Day Two
The Bonfire: Metaphor and Practice
Night Exercises
The Paratheatric Run
Examples of Staging Brought Back
Integrating Paratheatric Discoveries
Variations and How to Invent New Paratheatric Rehearsal Procedures
7. On-Site Directing and Operational Practices 101(10)
Practicing Nonconfrontational Conflict Resolution
Cut Procedure
The Role of the Director in Performance
8. Organizational Approaches 111(20)
Mission Statement and Incorporation
Working with Volunteers
Interns
Publicity: Homemade and Professional
Sponsorship
Permits, Contracts, and Letters of Agreement
Working with Designers
Working with an Assistant
Working with Crews
Trucks and Trucking
Notes for the Producer
9. Documentation Practices 131(12)
Documentarian
Photo Strategies
Video Strategies
Archiving: Print, Video, and Mailing Lists
10. Design Issues and Aesthetic Practice 143(10)
Lighting
Props
Sets
Stage Fighting
11. Indoor Environmental or Action Theatre 153(8)
Design Issues
Audience Changes and Pressures
Examples
12. Moving a Show 161(1)
Feel of the Show
Moving A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Cet Puck!" and Other Stories
13. Notes and Observations 161(14)
Dialogue with Criticism
Relationship to Academia
Sibling Institutions
14. Spirituality 175(6)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 181(2)
INDEX 183

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