Before the Performance 1. Before the performance, make the students aware of theater etiquette . If the class is properly prepared for a live performance, everyone will enjoy what Discovery Theater has to offer. Tell the students they will be watching real people in a live production. It is not like watching television.
Theater is a shared human experience.
The actors on stage will be aware of the audience and everything in the audience, and the students must watch and listen attentively. Remind them to sit still, without shuffling or stamping their feet or waving their hands. Of course the students should laugh when what they see and hear strikes them as funny, and they should clap their hands in appreciation. And if they are asked to participate in the performance directly, they should of course respond. Stress to the students that they are as much a part of the performance as the actors.