Introduction to Technical Theater
A Field Trip In A Box
Intro to Technical Theater takes your students on a virtual tour of different stage facilities and lets them meet working professionals, who explain what it is they do, and how they collaborate with other professionals to get their shows on the boards. In today's budget-crunched educational world, it is often too costly to take students on field trips to see different types of facilities and meet people "in the business." Intro to Technical Theater takes your students through a variety of settings....from state-of-the-art theaters to school gymnasiums.
Theater Hierarchy
What is the difference between a producer and a director? A tech director and
a stage manager? A set prop and a hand prop? Intro to Technical Theater brings
the producer of the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival into your classroom to talk
about the duties of a producer. An actor/director with 16 years of Broadway,
regional and international credits talks to your students about what a director
does. Intro to Technical Theater explains and shows what each person and crew
in a theatrical production is responsible for.
Types Of Stages
Intro to Technical Theater takes your students to four very different types of performance spaces. The first three, Proscenium, Thrust, and Arena, are professional, state of the art facilities that share the space with university programs. The fourth is a Thrust stage in a school gym. Your students will get a realistic idea of the different kinds of facilities in which people put on plays.
Take A Backstage Tour
Walk through a professional theater that is home to national and international
theater, music, and dance companies. Start in the lobby and walk through the
auditorium, stopping at the control booth and sound mix position. Go above the
auditorium to see the view from the foh lighting positions. Ride the orchestra
pit lift up to stage level and look at all the draperies, electrics, the wing
area, the pin rail, and the stage manager's desk. Go behind the stage into the
shops, stop at the callboard, and continue into the green room and dressing
rooms.
Features & Benefits
- Flexible Format - Use the entire program as a six-day lesson plan, or select individual topics as necessary-all at the click of a button!
- Instant Access - The latest DVD technology, enables you to navigate topics by chapter and instantly find specific lessons in the program. This eliminates time-wasters such as fast forwarding and rewinding. Also makes it simple to help individual students make up a missed class or perform remedial work.
- Support Materials on CD-ROM - Includes all lesson plans, handouts, worksheets, and tests, both performance and written. Everything is cross-referenced to National Standards For The Arts. And you have permission to reproduce the materials for classroom use!
- High-Quality, Durable Media - Digital video provides a clear, high-quality picture, and with proper handling DVDs last many years with minimal wear.
- No Special Equipment - DVDs play on any standard DVD player or computer equipped with a DVD drive.
- Professional Production Values - Practical Technical Theater is produced by Interactive Educational Video LLC.
- Easy Ordering Process - Submit a purchase order from your school for easy ordering and fast delivery. Call (314) 650-3873 or view Our Ordering Information on this website.
