TH 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Alliance Of Theatrical Stage Employees, Community Theatre, Light Plot
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Production is a catch-all term that means all of the elements of producing a play that are not acting, directing, and so forth. The production field is much wider than just theatre. There are three different types of legitimate theatre work environments: commercial theatre is just that, a theatre engaged in commerce. In the commercial theatre model a corporation is formed to produce a certain work, and only that work. Typically, a regional theatre exists as an ongoing enterprise, such that they have a new season of plays each year and a permanent facility. The term community theatre is often used to describe a group that exists because people in the community want to act in plays and are willing to do themselves what it takes to make that happen. A regional theatre is sometimes called a stock-company: the school theatre environment is much more closely aligned with what you would expect from a regional theatre, rather than commercial theatre.
