If you are really into theatre, what kind of traditions does your theatre have?
2007-05-22 07:58:00 · 12 answers · asked by ghetto_girl2289 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
I'm a big theater geek. I'm more of the back stage geek though. In my theater house where I've been the stage manager for 7 years I always lead the cast in a chant. We start off really quiet and small and slowly over and over again we get louder and louder. We are all in a circle in the green room holding hands, and swing our arms back and forth with the chant. " All for one, and one for all. The best dam show we've ever done." Then I call 5min and places. It's always about what works best for the cast AND crew.
2007-05-22 16:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by TK 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am TOTALLY a theatre geek! Every year, at the theatre I do shows at, they do a show that would be suitable for children and adults. We also seel roses at the theatre, and let the cast sign autographs after the show.
By the way, theatre geek shouldn't be a label someone gives you. It should be a label that you give yourself, and you should be proud of it!! Theatre is a way to express what you feel, and you should never be ashamed of it, no matter what people think. I know that wasn't the question, but....
2007-05-22 09:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Heart1098 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At our school, everyone chooses a blank spot on the wall backstage the first time you do a show there. You write your name, the show, the date and your part, and you have to remember where the spot is, because you keep a running list of all the shows you do. Some of them are pretty long, and there are about 20 years worth of lists back there. Also, on opening night, everyone gathers in the green room and sings "luck be a lady tonight" from guys and dolls. we are all theatre geeks, so we all know it by heart.
2007-05-22 12:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by filmnoirgirl16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most good theatres have there own traditions (and ghosts!)When I was in college, we had a tradition of chanting poo-ah-bah, poo-ah-bah, POO-AH-BAH! after the director had given us his final instructions and we were minutes away from starting. Poo-ah-bah was followed immediately by the stage manager's call of "Places!" at which point, everyone goes where they begin the play, Act I, scene! and there is no more talking. Time to think about your character and get wherever you need to be before the curtain goes up. It's a nonsense word really but it helped to unify the cast just before splitting up to go to places. It kind of psyched up the audience too because they could hear the last poo-ah-bah and new that we were just minutes away from starting. We were not so much into the Scottish play's curse or the break a leg / good luck tradition, although there were a fwe who made quite a show of knowing them.
2007-05-22 08:18:37 · answer #4 · answered by actormyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a distinction in being a "theatre geek" (of which i'm, i'm inspite of each and every thing an avid actor in theatre) and appreciating what theatre geeks have finished. you will be in love with observing theatre and a great variety of human beings who're no longer in contact in theatre are, inspite of each and every thing, no longer genuinely everyone who is going to wicked is an actor top? in the event that they have been, we would have a very great appearing community. purely settle for it while human beings say it and take it as a compliment.
2016-11-26 01:37:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite troupe has a tradition of "elimination". The point is to be the person who knows the performance the best. This works best with non-musicals.
Rules: Say your lines and make your entrances as fast as you can. If you mess up, you're eliminated. If you have a line or entrance which is followed by someone who is eliminated, then you're responsible for saying that line, too. If you mess up, you're out. By the end of Act I, there is usually only one person left. The winner then gets to do the rest of the entire play ALONE in front of the rest of the cast & crew, as fast as humanly possible, saying all lines and all entrances. The winner can't be eliminated, and must finish the show. It's a riot, and a great tension breaker during tech week.
2007-05-23 02:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every theatre has its ghosts. My favorite growing up had to be my Jr. High theatre. The ghost there had to be given a role in each show we did or he wouldn't be happy... so he was credited in the program during each show! Hey George!!!!!!!!!
2007-05-22 12:08:16 · answer #7 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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They are sooo me!!! Anyway, I am into all sorts of theaters in my area and each of them have their own quirks and traditions. One of my favorites is right before a show we gather in a circle and do the Hokey Pokey. Then we do weird warm-ups and act crazy. Its a BLAST!!! Another tradition at a different theater is that we all gather around and stick lemons in our mouths and run around with tears running down our eyes. I love being a theater geek and I am PROUD of it!!!
2007-05-22 10:46:41 · answer #8 · answered by BroadwayStar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always start the show frozen. For all of our musicals we open the curtains with the whole chorus frozen on stage until a somewhat music cue to go about our business. It's really cool!
2007-05-22 12:08:08 · answer #9 · answered by Travis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire cast joins together before the show and makes eye contact with everyone else.
And some of us slap each other on the face.
2007-05-22 09:11:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋