It's certainly true that the moment-to-moment audience / performer
interaction [what I tend to call "flow"] is missing from this sort of online
performance -- unless decent 2-way teleconferencing options can be introduced.
I'm calling it "theater" because part of the purpose is to get people connected
with / interested in doing theater in their homes for family and friends. (My
assumption is that the camera will be fixed and folks will perform in front
of it -- essentially a theater experience.) Hmmm. Wonder if the Dogme 95
folks would be interested :)
Theatre needs a live audience present in order to be theatre. If
there is no audience present it becomes something else.
I'm not opposed to what you suggest, but I wouldn't call it
theatre...
G in LA