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Assignments

Play Review:
Students will attend productions of The Green Bird and The Colored Museum at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. For each performance they will write a 2-3 page review and attach their ticket stub to the review. Please note that you must stay for the whole production. Students who leave before the end of the production and write reviews as though they stayed may be subject to an academic dishonesty inquiry. Click here for examples of well-written reviews.

Performance Project Each student will assume a role (actor, director, or designer) in a group. The group will choose a play from a list provided by your discussion leader and develop a concept. Then, using techniques of theatre professionals addressed in class, the group will put together a 8-10 minute memorized performance of a scene from the play. In addition to the performance, each student will be asked to answer questions pertinent to their role in the production process. To prepare for this project, students will turn in an annotated bibliography, a statement of production concept (that their group will also present to the class in a short oral presentation), and a 3-4 page research paper in which they describe how their research informed their choices in production. The grade will be based on both group and individual contributions. More information can be found here.