The Importance Of Theater Production

Theater is an instrument to connect to the mass’ ideas on what is happening around them, as well as to make them knowledgeable to historical or literal aspects. It is known for its unconventional or, sometimes, unorthodox methods and techniques in order to convey different messages, themes and ideas to communicate and provide a great impact towards an audience. When attempting to position theater, in dealing with successful productions, striving for social change and audience impact should be considered.

In favoring the strive for social change through theater, Martial Law —a disruptive system in the Philippines around September 1972, and was finally put into a halt in February 1986 during the People Power Revolution— has been used as a basis

Despite the consideration of the plot and it’s subject of social change, points like theater music, logistics, actors and actresses, scriptwriting and many more help build up a successful play. According to the book "Theater, The Lively Art", the plot, the actors, costume, set design, music and many more are titled as elements of theater production that are “common to all theater. These elements are present and used whenever a theater production is done, and without them, an event ceases to be theater and becomes a different art form and different experience". These elements are essential building blocks of a production which come together to create a whole theater masterpiece. It creates a feeling of unity and harmony when used all together however, when one element fails all other aspects are affected. The main purpose of these elements are to contribute to the successful presentation of a production to its audience. Elements used in analyzing the play; Katips were the plot-- which discusses what happens in a story, the actors-- that build up emotion and serve as representation of the characters, the music and stage lighting-- that help set a scene’s transition to change mood and emotion, the costume and makeup-- which help distinguish the story’s time period and the characters may it be personality wise or physically, and lastly, the set design-- wherein the time period and the place of the story is portrayed through stage