Theatre is an occupation for many people. People tend to organize themselves into associations, guilds, unions and clubs that relate to their profession. Using http://www.google.com/ or some other search engine, find the web sites for the following professional and academic theatre groups; Actor Equity Association (AEA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST), The Theatre Communications Group (TCG), The University Resident Theatre Association (URTA), The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), and the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR). Then answer the following questions:
How can you join each of them? What are the qualifications?
What does it cost to join?
What is their mission/purpose?
Are you interested in joining any of them?
Visit http://www.wbur.org/arts/theatre/links.asp and see how many different kinds of plays are being performed. Read some of the reviews of the plays that are already open.
Visit http://multimedia.lycos.com/ click on pictures and search for "masks". You will find over 15,000 pictures! Then find a mask you would like to make. Download the image and make the mask out of papier mache or some other method.
Do some research on Peter Brook. You can start with http://www.shakespeare-bulletin.org/issues/winter01/article-savin.html, which is an excellent article about the great director/writer. From there, you can follow links to stories, reviews and other information about Peter Brook and the theatre. Download some of this material, find a picture or series of pictures and create a small information book on Peter Brook. Now choose another intriguing personality you read about in this chapter. What can you find?
