Screen Lessons and the Orchestra
By Amy R. Cohen (Randolph College)
Screen Lessons and the Orchestra
Theater of Zoom: Women of Trachis for Frontline Medical Providers
By Mike Lippman (University of Nebraska at Lincoln)
Theater of Zoom: Women of Trachis for Frontline Medical Providers
Online Tragedy in a Tragic Time
By Amy Pistone (Gonzaga University)
Online Tragedy in a Tragic Time
Envisioning Past Theatre for the Future
By Christopher Bungard (Butler University)
Envisioning Past Theatre for the Future
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed performers seeking an audience towards web-based platforms. This shift provides a unique opportunity for ancient theatre practitioners to think about how to deliver their ideas for future audiences. Streaming audiences are more likely to be younger and more diverse (Live-to-Digital). Given the challenges to Classics, now seems a particularly crucial time to think about the productive possibilities of presenting ancient theatre in digital formats.
Hecyra in Performance
By John Gruber-Miller (Cornell College)
Hecyra in Performance
Under the constraints of a pandemic, few would expect that a student production of Terence’s Hecyra on Zoom would yield any insights into Terence’s stagecraft. Yet a December 2020 Zoom performance of select scenes of Terence’s Hecyra by students in intermediate Latin delivered insights into Terence’s plot construction, blocking in a video environment, and Terence’s unique use of asides and monologues.