The Art of Theater

I am currently a freshman and still just taking my basic classes so I haven't really taken any classes pertaining to my major yet. This semester I am in Theater 281, which is classified as Theater History II. I am just taking this class for my performing arts credit so before taking this I really had not had much theater experience. In this class we study the history of theater from about the Shakespeare age to the present. We learn about the different transitions theater went through to get to where it is today. The professor for this class makes theater history so interesting for me. I have really been enjoying learning all the past genres of theater from around the world. We have been learning about things like Japanese and Indian theater, which are both types of theater that I had never heard of. It is really interesting to me to find out why our movies and theater today is the way it is because of certain things that happened in the past. When I go to movies or plays now, I have a new appreciation for everything that makes them complete. Now, I don't plan on every doing anything that involves theater in my career but I think it is going to be good just to have this knowledge on something that is different and be able to appreciate it.