Preface
Introduction

Part 1: The Theater in Today's World
Chapter 1: Experiencing Theater Today
Chapter 2: Theater Across Today's Culture
Chapter 3: Today's Diverse Theater

Part 2: Creating Theater
Chapter 4: Audiences and Critics
Chapter 5: Stage Performers
Chapter 6: The Playwright: Creating the Script
Chapter 7: Tragedy or Comedy? Dramatic Genres
Chapter 8: The Director and the Producer
Chapter 9: Theater Spaces
Chapter 10: Designers: Scenery and Costumes
Chapter 11: Designers: Lighting and Sound
Chapter 12: Profile of a Production

Part 3: Theater Tradition and Theater Today
Chapter 13: Greek and Roman Theater
Chapter 14: Asian and Medieval Theater
Chapter 15: Renaissance Theater
Chapter 16: Theater from Resotration through Romanticism
Chapter 17: Early Modern Theater Movements
Chapter 18: Twentieth Century Theatrical Diversity
Chapter 19: Contemporary Trends

Appendix: Play Synopses
Index