Stephen Anthony Di Benedetto

Michigan State University | MSU · Department of Theatre

Summary statement: Among the most powerful tools available to simulation instructors is a confederate. Although technical and logical realism is dictated by the simulation platform and setting, the quality of role playing by confederates strongly determines psychological or emotional fidelity of simulation. The highest level of realism, however, i...

Designed as installations to stimulate the attendants’ senses, the Universal Studios attractions “Twister: Aftermath,” “T2 3-D: Battle Across Time,” “Men in Black: Alien Attack,” and “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” depict fictional worlds we know through novels and films with sensory experiences. Considering theme park attractions as types...

Di Benedetto considers theatrical practice through the lens of contemporary neuroscientific discoveries in this provoking study, which lays the foundation for considering the physiological basis of the power of theatre practice to affect human behavior. He presents a basic summary of the ways that the senses function in relation to cognitive scienc...

The Theatre of Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio. By CastellucciClaudia, CastellucciRomeo, GuidiChiara, KelleherJoe and RidoutNicholas. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. 274 + illus. £75/$150 Hb; £19.95/$35.95 Pb. - Volume 34 Issue 3 - Stephen Di Benedetto

Theatre, Performance and Technology: The Development of Scenography in the Twentieth Century. By BaughChristopher. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; pp. xvii + 251, 33 illus. $26.95 paper. The Potentials of Spaces: The Theory and Practice of Scenography and Performance. Edited by OddeyAlison and WhiteChristine. Bristol,...

The ways in which we receive and perceive what we taste, hear, touch, and smell all serve as potential resources for our understanding of an artistically mediated event. Though some modes of perception are more usually associated with the visual than the performing arts, the development of forms of Live Art has begun to challenge our understanding...

MoroffDiane LynnFornes: Theater in the Present TenseAnn Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996. £27.95. ISBN 0-742-10726-7. - Volume 14 Issue 56 - Stephen Di Benedetto

Theatre Journal 50.1 (1998) 145-146 The Dramatic Art Of David Storey: The Journey Of A Playwright. By Herbert Liebman. Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies, no. 71. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996; pp. 200. $45.00. David Storey was once considered a formidable force in British New Wave drama, on a par with John Arden, John Osborne and Har...