Workshop production
Encyclopedia
Workshop production is a term used to describe the first performance of a theatre
production, similar to the term premiere
, the difference being that a workshop production often pays less for the rights to perform the play, in exchange for losing the right to call its performance a premiere. This is done to allow the next theatre group that performs the play to call its production the premiere, giving the theatre better press.
A famous example of workshop is "A Chorus Line", directed by Michael Bennett.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
production, similar to the term premiere
Premiere
A premiere is generally "a first performance". This can refer to plays, films, television programs, operas, symphonies, ballets and so on. Premieres for theatrical, musical and other cultural presentations can become extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media...
, the difference being that a workshop production often pays less for the rights to perform the play, in exchange for losing the right to call its performance a premiere. This is done to allow the next theatre group that performs the play to call its production the premiere, giving the theatre better press.
A famous example of workshop is "A Chorus Line", directed by Michael Bennett.