Amar's Prompt - Post #7

Once is a show that I had the pleasure of seeing the last time I visited New York City. This show features live musicians and buskers that perform all of the music in the show. I would be very interested to witness a production that took the audience to the street corner, then into a bar down the block to watch this beautiful story unfold.
This would really utilize the Axioms of Environmental theatre and present a believable story to the audience. The story revolves around the relationship between the two main characters simple named Guy and Girl. The separation that is distinguished between the audience and our characters by not knowing their names really reminds me of how it is like to witness things as a bystander in a bar. I also would not be opposed to the idea of ordering a couple of beers while watching a show!

As for the quote by Kantor, I can certainly agree that in order for a completely, wholly believable event to happen, the "audience" must be in circumstances that they think are real. It is far more likely for me to believe that a "drama" is actually happening if I'm walking around downtown as opposed to near or inside a theatre, at a park like Disney World, or even to an extent a college campus. Places that have an environment meant for performing in (e.g. a theater, Disney World) sets the audience member up to expect a performance, and when said performance occurs, some percentage of the audience's consciousness is aware that they are watching a staged event. At a place like a college campus that contains a specific population of students and faculty, where everyone is there for a similar purpose, there is still some amount of disbelief because that audience is more aware of the likely-hood of some kind of disruption.
I do not think that the theatre is the "least appropriate site for drama to be materialized". As I stated before, it is harder to establish an immediate believability for an audience inside of a theatre, but when attending the theatre, it is partially the audience's job to suspend their disbelief and allow themselves to be immersed in whatever is happening on stage.