Theatre Geekery

Theatre did not only exist in Europe during the early to mid years of the 2nd millennium. Theatre existed in other continents, even though...

While Shakespearean theatre falls into Renaissance theatre and Elizabethan theatre, Shakespeare is extremely influential in theatre, so Sha...

Elizabethan theatre mainly took place during the time that Renaissance theatre took place. However, it started in 1558, a few years befor...

Renaissance theatre took place from 1562 to 1642. Some people call this Elizabethan theatre, but that is not technically correct. Elizabe...

Commedia dell'arte literally means "Comedy of Art" or "Comedy of the Profession." (A profession is an "art...

Medieval theatre took place between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the 5th century A.D. and then after 900 A.D. to around 1453 A....

Roman theatre borrowed from Greek theatre. Some people say that the Romans may have improved on Greek theatre. What is certain is that ju...

As far as it is known, theatre with the conventions that we know today was invented in Greece. However, there is now some new research tha...

Once you've had beta readers look over your play, it is time to start editing again. Of course, this means you have to go through the ...

Once you've come to a point where you have read over your own work and made the edits you marked for yourself, it is likely that you wi...

I'll start by saying, I've never been a huge fan of the musical Godspell overall. I understand it. I like quite a few of the go...

When it comes to editing your own writing, you can use whatever marks that you'd like to use on your paper that you find you can unders...

Once you have your play written (whether it is a full length play, a short play, or a skit), you need to read it. Hopefully while you'...

While there are a few posts about "what a dramaturg does," those are overall posts for what a dramaturg does when a play has alre...

As a playwright, you have to be able to use your imagination. It is true that your characters will become real people to you. It is likel...

Another element I've mentioned is listening to conversations that happen around you. Yes, I am talking about eavesdropping, but not in...

One of the key points that has been mentioned over and over in creating dialogue is to listen to others. When you are actively listening ...

Another thing that can set characters apart with dialogue is that they may use "industry jargon" or "workplace jargon."...

In a way, this post is related to Finding Speech Patterns and to Using Regionalisms . Sometimes regionalisms may be referred to as slang....

In a way, this post is similar to Finding Speech Patterns . Another key element of speech is regionalisms. If all of your characters are...