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Theatre Arts

Theatre Arts

HISTORY OF THEATRICAL LIGHTING

Professor of Lighting Design at the University of California Irvine, Jamyi Lee Smith, explores the history of theatrical lighting, tracing the development of lighting technology from the Greek and Roman eras through the era of electricity. Smith discusses the use of natural light, candles, chandeliers, and gas lighting to explicate not only the advances that lighting technology has seen, but to showcase how lighting design has been instrumental to the actor's performances, the scripting of plays, and the development of theatre.

DVD / 2017 / 54 minutes

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INTRODUCTION TO COSTUME DESIGN

Assistant Professor of Costume Design at the University of California Irvine, Marcia Froehlich, explores the fundamentals of costume design by taking you behind the scenes into the drama department's costume workshop. Showcasing detailed costume boards and dress forms, Froehlich discusses the crucial decisions behind color palettes, fabric choices, and historical influence as well as the importance of both factual research and "emotional research" around the production and the script. With an emphasis on the creation of one's individual costume design methods, Froehlich explores a variety of artistic styles and tools in which to convey one's designs.

DVD / 2017 / 49 minutes

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INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTING DESIGN

Professor and Head of Lighting Program at the University of California Irvine, Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz, explores the fundamentals of lighting design, emphasizing the choices a successful lighting designer must navigate and the two roles that the designer must occupy as both craftsperson and artist. Alcaraz delves into different lighting technologies, showing how the computer is a tool that designers must learn to use fully to their advantage. Though technology is invaluable, Alcaraz discusses how technology is only the beginning of a lighting designer's work, diving into how multifaceted collaboration and a deep understanding of script is required.

DVD / 2017 / 62 minutes

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INTRODUCTION TO SET DESIGN

Head of Set Design at the University of California Irvine, Dipu Gupta, explores the fundamentals of set design, asking everything from "what is set design" to "are set designers artists". Gupta discusses methodologies for researching designs and creating set models. Moving beyond the individual work of a set designer, Gupta explores the network of relationships in theatre: between the performers and the space that set designers create, between the director and the designer, between the designer and the text, and between the legacy of past productions and new mountings of shows.

DVD / 2017 / 67 minutes

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INTRODUCTION TO SOUND DESIGN

Professor of Sound Design at the University of California Irvine, Vincent Olivieri, explores the fundamentals of sound design through the lens of his work on the recent play "Safe House" by Keith Josef Adkins. Olivieri focuses in on the art of sound design due to technology's rapid advancement, exploring script analysis, the creation of soundscapes, spatial awareness in sound design, and development of diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Detailing the process for creating successful cue lists and loudspeaker plots, Olivieri shows how each document is dynamic, often changing performance to performance, and how successful sound designers can learn to make their sound designs a living part of the play.

DVD / 2017 / 76 minutes

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LEGACY PROJECT, THE: DRAMATISTS TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK, VOL. 2 - CHARLES FULLER

In Conversation with Lynn Nottage

Charles Fuller is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his drama A Soldiers Play. He also founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia. Other plays include the Obie-winning Zooman and the Sign, The Perfect Party, and The Brownsville Raid. Interviewed by Lynn Nottage (Ruined).

DVD / 2013 / 52 minutes

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LEGACY PROJECT, THE: DRAMATISTS TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK, VOL. 2 - MARY RODGERS

In Conversation with Marsha Norman

Mary Rodgers is the composer of the Tony-nominated musical Once Upon a Mattress, one of the most produced musicals in the world. Daughter of legendary composer Richard Rodgers, her other theatrical works include Hot Spot and Working. She also penned the children's book and subsequent screenplay Freaky Friday. Interviewed by Marsha Norman.

DVD / 2013 / 35 minutes

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HOW TO CREATE OLD-AGE MAKE-UP

Featuring Rob Burman

Hollywood make-up effects artist & 30 year prosthetic veteran Burmans work includes legendary films; The Thing, Ghostbusters, The Fly, Super Mario Bros & Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Even in this digital age, one cinematic art that requires the hand-on skills of the artist at all phases of the process is the start-to-finish creation of old-age makeup. While various stages for film and video can be achieved non-prosthetically, the process requires specific detail in the creation and application of facial and bodily prosthetics. Teaches:Life casting, sculpting & mold making, Fabrication stage of the prosthetic pieces, Final stage - application of keup on the performer life casted.

DVD / 2012 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 30 minutes

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YOUR SOUND - THE ART OF MIXING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THEATRE SOUND & SYSTEM

A comprehensive instructional course teaching "live sound" made easy. This series is a complete teaching tool and "must have" for students and instructors, theatres, beginner technicians and production houses. Discover some of the best techniques in both concert and theatrical sound. Instructor Dave West teaches how to be creative and enjoy the art of mixing live entertainment. With his instantly applicable techniques, easy to understand analogies and hands-on demonstrations, you'll learn how to solve common sound problems with ease. This series teaches the fundamentals of live sound and highlights the components of a sound system. From microphones to console amplifiers and speakers, this series will give you the best tips and strategies for both concert and theatrical sound.

Subjects Covered Include:

Theatre Sound

System Design

Readable Materials

Farwell

DVD / 2010 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 20 minutes

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PRODUCING FOR THE THEATER: THE BUSINESS OF THE THEATER - GLEN CASSALE / MICHAEL GILL

These four programs describe the business aspect of producing the play, how you raise the money to capitalize a play or musical, structuring budgets to account for pre-production and "running" costs, and developing a marketing/publicity and advertising plan. It features theatre professionals, including noted publicist David Elzer; Michael Gill, general manager for Mamma Mia and Hairspray; an entertainment lawyer; a theatrical venture capitalist; and an advertising executive from Sorrino-Coyne, the commercial theatre's top advertising agency; who offer insights into forming a contract and negotiating. The discussions are both dynamic and informative and offer insights and behind the scenes negotiations that are vital for all aspects of theatre production.

DVD / 2008 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 50 minutes

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PRODUCING FOR THE THEATER: THE DREAMERS AND THE BUILDERS - JOHN LACOVELLI

Capturing the hearts and minds of the audience is the role of the creative people who write, stage design, direct and perform. This series examines the jobs of the creative people behind theatre productions and explores the various aspects of the work of actors, directors, playwrights, designers, and technicians and discusses the ways in which they work individually and collaborate. Award winning scenic designer John Lacovelli explains how a play's visual experience enhances the emotional impact of the production. Tony winning singer/actor Robert Goulet, reveals a compelling view of the difference of working in musicals as opposed to straight plays. You'll also hear from playwrights, directors and theatre critics including Tony Del Valle, Robert Benedetti and Glenn Casale as they discuss the "extension of the fourth wall" and the collaborative effort that produces a play in the theatre.

DVD / 2008 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 53 minutes

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PRODUCING FOR THE THEATER: THE FORCES WHO RUN THE THEATRE - MICHAEL RITCHIE

This series examines the roles and responsibilities of the people who control the venues, content, and talent in theatre and provide a wide panorama of what theatre is and who "makes it happen." Features Gerald Schoenfeld of the Shubert Organization, who addresses the relationship between theatre owners and producers; Gordon Davidson of the Center Theatre Group, who discusses the development of live theatre in Los Angeles; Michael Ritchie, who describes the development of regional theatres, their influence on Broadway, and the changing profile of theatre enthusiasts; and Susan Smith, agent to such actors as Brian Dennehy and Kathy Bates, who explains the roles of agents.

DVD / 2008 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 50 minutes

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CREATURE PEOPLE: BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH HOLLYWOODS SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS

Features a rare behind-the-scenes from the set of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. Makeup enthusiasts, students and Star Trek fans will be fascinated to witness the application of makeup and paint to create the marauding Martok. Watch the entire makeup process from beginning to end as effects master Dave Quashnick transforms actors J.G. Hertzler into Klingon general, Martok. Also features a slew of interviews with makeup artists old and new, filmed over a ten-year period, including Rick Baker, Dick Smith, Kevin Haney, Craig Reardon, John Chambers, Greg Cannom, Rob Burman, Jennifer McManus, Michele Burke, Lance Anderson and actor Robert Picardo. Features Of the Program: Creature People interviews, Making Martok and Behind-the-Scenes with John Chambers Tribute.

DVD / 2007 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 30 minutes

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MASK MAKING: MOLDING & CASTING LATEX MASKS

Learn the secrets of how the award-winning Hollywood special effects artists make great looking latex masks & special effect props. Special effects artists Omar Sfreddo & Anthony Giordano team up to cover all the basic techniques as well as many studio tricks for latex casting. Teaches: Preparing clay walls, Creating the plaster mold, Building pry points, Demolding, Pouring the casting, Demolding the finished mask.

DVD / 2006 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 60 minutes

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SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE THEATRE - RESTORED

Almost four centuries after Shakespeare's original Globe Theatre commenced performances in 1599, Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the reconstructed Elizabethan Theatre in June 1997. To celebrate Shakespeare's work and to recreate performances with the original setting and effects for which Shakespeare wrote his greatest plays, the rebuilt and fully operational Globe provides a venue for teaching and studying. This video documents eighteen months of planning, rehearsal, location work and post-production by the Shakespeare Program of the University of California at Berkeley, culminating in this historically significant production of "Much Ado About Nothing." According to Hugh Richmond, Educational Director of the Shakespeare Globe Center, USA and Professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley, "This video showcases some of the ways in which performance on the original Shakespearean stage diverges from modern practice. The broad stage, pillars and accessibility of the audience require a dynamic choreography and outgoing style providing a fresh model for modern theater."

DVD / 2005 / 30 minutes

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AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY THEATER - STRAIGHT: A CONVERSION COMEDY

Straight is a hilarious and subversive excursion into the world of conversion therapy, where homosexuals are reputedly made "straight." Join acclaimed writer/performer David Schmader as he plunges into the heart of this dangerous territory. Schmader, a gay man, pulls no punches with either the conversionists or the gay community in this one-man show.

DVD / 2004 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 100 minutes

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AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY THEATER - THE HAINT: A SOUTHERN GOTHIC GHOST STORY

A masterful example of Southern storytelling. This one-man Southern Gothic ghost story features the "phenomenally talented" Troy Mink (Seattle Weekly) playing 13 different characters - from a ghost-busting sheriff to a chain-smoking lesbian atheist - in the mythical haunted town of Midway, Tennessee.

DVD / 2004 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 60 minutes

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THEATRES OF ASIA, THE: AN INTRODUCTION

With David George

This video introduces Asian theater through the roles it plays in the lives of Asian people and its special relationship to young people. David George has interviewed dancers, actors, musicians, shamans, priests, scholars, mask-makers, choreographers and taken detailed pictures of what he has learned.

DVD / 2003 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 44 minutes

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DREAM IN HANOI, A

Two theater companies, one American, one Vietnamese, collaborate to produce A Midsummer Night's Dream in Hanoi.

Twenty five years after the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Americans join forces in a unique collaboration. Two theater companies, one American and one Vietnamese, come together to stage the first performance in Vietnam of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. This spirited tale follows the actors, directors, producers and technicians from both countries as they struggle to surmount the huge obstacles of language, culture, ideology, and a history of war on their journey to opening night at Hanoi's famous Opera House.

The film features Vietnam's renowned theater, the Central Dramatic Company of Vietnam, and actors and staff from the Artists Repertory Theater in Portland, Oregon. Music is performed by artists of Vietnam's National Theater of Music and Dance and the Cheo Theater of Hanoi.

A DREAM IN HANOI is the first American documentary about American/Vietnamese relations that does not focus on the Vietnam war or its legacy of human suffering.

DVD (Color) / 2002 / (Grades 7-12, College, Adult) / 91 minutes

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