Gidan wasan kwaikwayon ya samo asali ne daga Girka Kateron wanda ke nufin wurin gani.
An fara gina gidan wasan a Athens, Girka a karni na 5 BC.
William Shakespeare sanannen marubucin wasan kwaikwayo ne daga Ingila a cikin ƙarni na 16 zuwa 17.
Gidan wasan kwaikwayo a New York City shine tsohon gidan wasan kwaikwayon Amurka.
A Indonesia, wasan kwaikwayo na zamani ya fara aiki a cikin 1901 ta rukunin wasan kwaikwayo na Boedi Oetomo.
Mutanen gidan wasan yara sune gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya na ƙasar Indonesiya wanda aka yi amfani da ta amfani da ƙirar ƙirar ƙwararru kamar ɗan wasan kwaikwayo.
Shahararren masu wasan kwaikwayo sun hada da Marlan Brando, Meryl Stree, da Robert de Niro.
Theater wata fasaha ce wacce ke buƙatar matsi na gaba tsakanin 'yan wasan, Darakta, rubutun hannu, da matukan jirgin sama da matattarar samarwa.
Dram na Musical shine tsarin wasan kwaikwayo wanda ke haɗuwa da tattaunawa da waƙoƙi da rawa.
Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na iya zama kayan aiki don isar da sakonni masu karfi da siyasa, kamar yadda aka gani a ayyukan gidan wasan kwaikwayo da Miller.
