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During the current season, enjoy these theatre events at Krannert Center:
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While "theatre" can mean a physical performance space, as a genre "theatre" refers to dramatic representations of encounters between human beings. Such presentations of a story by actors and actresses on a stage address human concerns. Theatre exists only when a dramatic work is presented in front of an audience, allowing communication between performers and spectators.
A theatrical performance involves not only actors and audiences but also playwrights; directors; designers of scenery, lighting, sound, props, costumes, wigs, and makeup; stage managers who coordinate all that happens backstage; running crews who assist with changes in scenery, costumes, lighting, and props throughout any given production; and sometimes musicians. Theatre is universal; it has appeared wherever human society has developed and may take the form of rituals, religious ceremonies, celebrations, and storytelling. The 17th-century Spanish dramatist Lope de Vega described theatre as "three boards, two actors, and a passion."
Theatre draws upon the imagination of its creators, participants, and spectators. The story or idea can be conveyed realistically or by the use of dreams, fantasy, and symbols to make imaginative connections that provoke joy, laughter, anger, sorrow, or pain. Throughout history, society has used theatre as a tool for entertainment, education, personal development, politics, and therapy. Like all the performing arts, theatre reflects the attitudes, philosophy, and basic assumptions of its time.
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