The Theatre Times: The “Screen / Stage” program was created as a space for shared viewing, discussion, and reflection on digital forms of contemporary theatre. Positioned at the intersection of live performance and digital mediation, the initiative invited participants to engage with recorded stage productions not as passive spectators, but as active commentators and critics. By combining collective viewing with moderated discussion, “Screen / Stage” explored how theatre functions across formats, cultures, and traditions, and how meaning is shaped through performance, adaptation, and craft.
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The pre-festival meetings, where participants were given a shared language with which to analyze and dissect theater with, reminds me a lot of the work we are doing in foundations class currently. A lot of the readings in this class focus on building a shared vocabulary, so that when we are discussing scripts, we have the points of reference between different perspectives and interpretations. This strategy of establishing a base level of understanding is beneficial when you get to the discussion point, because every member of the discussion has simpler ways of referring to these complex ideas. For example, if everyone in a class did not know the term “character,” it would be difficult to define the people and their traits in a script. I think this is interesting when applied to a theater viewing, but would likely provide the same benefits for general understanding of the theater the audience is consuming. Even if not applied to a group discussion, these terms help us to focus on aspects of a play and deepen our understanding.
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