What Is Theater? Crash Course Theater #1

Welcome to Crash Course Theater with Mike Rugnetta! In this, our inaugural week, we’re going to ask the two classic questions about theater. is theater? And 2. Is it spelled -re or -er? Well, there’s a clue to question two in the title of the video. The first question is a little trickier. We’ll look at some of the historical definitions of theater, and investigate some of the ways people have thought about theater in different times and places in the world. Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at Thanks to the following Patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever: Mark Brouwer, Nickie Miskell Jr., Jessica Wode, Eric Prestemon, Kathrin Benoit, Tom Trval, Jason Saslow, Nathan Taylor, Divonne Holmes à Court, Brian Thomas Gossett, Khaled El Shalakany, Indika Siriwardena, Robert Kunz, SR Foxley, Sam Ferguson, Yasenia Cruz, Daniel Bauli