Gorilla theatre : a practical guide to performing the new outdoor theatre anytime, anywhere / Christopher Carter Sanderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanderson, Christopher Carter, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company.

Acting.

Theater--Production and direction.

Theater.

Physical Description:

xix, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

Featured in The New York Times, Gorilla Rep productions are praised both for their acting and for the startling ingenuity of the concept. In Gorilla Theatre, Gorilla Rep founder Christopher Carter Sanderson explains how theatre can be made to work in any free space. Here he provides specific and practical advice for any performer or director and relates stories from his own Gorilla Rep experience that show what the most unorthodox of theatrical techniques can achieve - without a theatre, without a stage, and without a ticket to be sold. Stripping the theatrical experience down to its barest essentials, Gorilla Theatre demonstrates that real theatre isn't about buildings and curtains, but about what happens between actors and audience.

Contents:

Introduction: About Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company, Inc.

Gorilla Rep Manifesto 1

1. Concept and Location 7

Inspiration

Read Plays, Shakespeare First

List Plays

Tour Sites

List Sites with Pros and Cons

2. Scouting 21

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

Observations

Responding to Conflicts

Running Effective Meetings

4. Casting 41

Ideas and Ideas

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

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

6. The Paratheatric Rehearsal Technique 83

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 107

Practicing Nonconfrontational Conflict Resolution

Cut Procedure

The Role of the Director in Performance

8. Organizational Approaches 117

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 137

Photo Strategies

Video Strategies

Archiving: Print, Video, and Mailing Lists

10. Design Issues and Aesthetic Practice 143

Lighting

Props

Sets

Stage Fighting

11. Indoor Environmental or Action Theatre 153

Design Issues

Audience Changes and Pressures

12. Moving a Show 161

Feel of the Show

Moving A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Get Puck!" and Other Stories

13. Notes and Observations 167

Dialogue with Criticism

Relationship to Academia

Sibling Institutions

14. Spirituality 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182) and index.

ISBN:

0878301704

0878301712

OCLC:

51519585