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_____ theatre, which includes the works of Luis Valdez, agitates for political change and often focuses on the oppression of migrant farmworkers.

Chicano

Which of the following is true about playwright August Wilson?

He wrote 10 plays reflecting the African American experience during each decade of the 20th century. His plays have been produced on Broadway.

Our theatre today is --- and --- because the types of theatre available to audiences is so wide-reaching. Listen to the complete question

diverse Blank 2: multicultural

Which of the following has been perceived as a threat to the future of theatre?

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An art form that is usually performed by a single artist, is avant-garde, often controversial and combines various art forms is called ______. Multiple choice question.

performance art

Which of the following is true of postmodernism?

postmodern plays question authority and those in power critics argue about its definition postmodern productions often transform the text in order to create a unique production

Which of the following African American musical forms aided and influenced Broadway musical theatre in the beginning of the 20th century? Multiple choice question.

ragtime

Which of the following is the longest running female theatre company in the United States that is also Native American?

spiderwomen

This famous Asian American playwright, who has argued for the casting of Asian Americans, has had some of his plays produced on Broadway, such as M. Butterfly, as well as in regional theatres.

David Henry Hwang

Which of the following is true of documentary drama?

It is based on factual situations. It is also called theatre of fact. It has an air of authenticity and historical reality.

Which of the following is true about feminist theatre?

It is international in scope. It grew alongside the feminist movement.

Which of the following has impacted the development of Asian American theatre?

It was not until the 1960's and 70's that Asian theatre began to establish in the United States. Casting white actors in Asian roles is still prevalent. Asian American are often cast in stereotypical roles.

Match the African American artists with their role in the theatre.

Kenny Leon -Director Lloyd Richards -Director Lynn Nottaget -Playwright Jeremy O. Harris -Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks -Playwright

True or false: That we can identify individual members of marginalized groups in theatre history is proof that these groups are being properly represented in today's theatre. True false question.

false

Which of the following are types of traditional Japanese theatre?

kabuki bunraku nō

Which of the following is a type of Latinx theatre? Multiple select question.

Cuban American Chicano Nuyorican

Which of the following is true about early Native American theatre?

It was outlawed in the nineteenth century. It was participatory in nature. It was based on ritual and social traditions.

Which groups have been traditionally underrepresented in American theatre?

Lesbian, gay, and transgender artists Asian Americans Women African Americans Native Americans Latino/a Americans

, the author of A Raisin in the Sun, was one of the most famous African American female playwrights.

Lorraine Hensberry

The first ground breaking play about the lives of men leading openly gay lives, written in 1968, was called ______

The Boys in the Band

The following is true of early Gay and Lesbian theatre.

The earliest examples include cross dressing of both men and women. Lesbian theatre often included feminist themes.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused ______.

a rise in streamed productions uncertainty whether theatre would continue as we have always known it the shutdown of theatres across the globe

Match the descriptions of contemporary theatre with the reasons for those descriptions. Instructions global global drop zone empty.

global -because of the extensive amount of theatre produced throughout the world because of the extensive amount of theatre produced throughout the world diverse and multicultural - because the types of theatre available to audiences are so wide-ranging and audiences reflect this as well because the types of theatre available to audiences are so wide-ranging and audiences reflect this as well eclectic -because contemporary theatre embraces a wide variety of styles and types because contemporary theatre embraces a wide variety of styles and types

Black Watch, a Scottish documentary drama (depicted in the photo), is about soldiers and their experience in what war? Multiple choice question.

iraq war

Identify the various themes that feminist theatre encompasses. Multiple select question.

it acknowledges women writers of the past and present it questions traditional gender roles it urges audience members to examine gender bias

Which of the following is true of theatre that is not found on Broadway?

it can be more experimental it can be more daring it can be aimed at special audiences

Which of the following is true of performance art?

it is experimental it often includes autobiographical monologues it began as a combination of art and dance

Which of the following postmodern characteristics are exhibited in this production of Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones?

it seems to be making a point about the action of the play by using black face it mixes realism with departures from realism there is more than one time period represented

Which of the following are examples of alternatives to traditional commercial theatre? Multiple select question.

off-off Broadway regional theatre off-Broadway

Which important development in American theatre employed thousands of African American writers, performers, and technicians in the 1930s?

the federal theatre project