Essays on Theatre

On Thursday the 13th, “The Burning Tower” took place. It was based in response to the Greenfell tower being burned down. This is one of the most tragic events in British history. The play writer and actors did an outstanding job covering this devastating incident….

On September 29th the School of theatre and music presented Luis Alfaro’s most recent play Electricidad. Electricidad was directed by Marcela Muñoz at the UIC Theatre. Electricidad is a story based around a young woman in her early twenties living in East Los Angeles. Her…

Definition Theatre has been a powerful medium of human expression and exploration for thousands of years, offering its community a deeper understanding of itself, both as a collective and as individuals, through a synthesis of entertainment and instruction. Theatre or theater is a collaborative form…

According to playbill.com, The Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway show with 12,742 performances as of September 14, 2018. With this in mind, one can infer that people enjoy a well written musical from all over the globe. Though, some have arguably…

Theatre opened its proceedings with a bit of a surprise: A hip hop version “Ces Soirées-La”, i. e. the French equivalent to “Oh, what a night” set the tone for the performance, which was bit of a surprise. Luckily, the storyline that ensued followed the…

The ability of mankind to transform their surroundings from the lethargic and mundane normalcy of life to a falsified, yet whimsical reality through imagination is captured all throughout literature. J. M. Synge’s controversial play, The Playboy of the Western World, explores this tendency in the…

As Willem Dafoe said, “Great theater is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.” Theater productions in definition is a work presented to an audience at a particular time and place by live performers who use…

Stepping off the bus, almost in a flash, a ray of light glistens lightly on my temple. I examine the metallic walls that entertain the sun from all directions. The sun leaving its trail as it bends from one wall to the other. I step…

Since its inception, theatre has played an influential role in the lives of many. The study and practice of the theatrical arts can benefit the individual significantly, not just in terms of discovering one’s untapped potential for acting, but also by eliminating the inhibitions of…

Indian street theatre or Nukkad Natak created as a work of art to show the sentiments of ordinary citizens; thus sprouted a radical new venue frame, which was then regularly classified as “theatre by the general population and theatre for the general population”. Average folks,…