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Production Analysis Papers—25 points each

For each production that you attend, you must save your ticket stub. Use a pen to sign your name across the front of the ticket. Then, take a photograph or scan it and upload the image file at the end of your response paper. Without proof of attendance, you will not receive full credit for this assignment. We will not accept any part of this assignment via email.

Keep your program. We recommend that you keep your program from the show so that you can properly reference artists’ names in your paper. Failure to credit properly artists will result in a loss of points. Often the program will contain a note from the director or dramaturg, information that you might find helpful on this assignment.

Instructions—Read Carefully!

Write an analysis that responds to the prompts below with your original analysis and insight about the play and its production. We want to know what you thought about what you experienced and saw on the stage, not what you liked or didn’t like.

Your analysis must express a point of view about the production and must be at least 2 full pages but no more than 3 pages long. Assume your reader attended the production. Provide context for your discussion and analysis without retelling the entire plot of the play if a brief synopsis of the story might help you to set up your arguments.

I. Prompts

· A Design Element. Examine the use of ONE design element in the production. (A design element includes scenery, costumes, props, lighting, sound, or media design). Properly credit the artist whose work you are critiquing. How did these specific design choices create meaning and contribute to the world of the play and the storytelling? Use specific moments from the production to support your aesthetic interpretation and analysis. How does this reinforced the setting of the play or the status, class, gender, or relationship of a character;

· Choice of a Staging Moment or a Performance or another Point of Interest. You are free to choose another aspect of the production to analyze; for example, a specific director’s choice, an actor’s performance, a piece of choreography, or something else that captured your interest. How did this particular specific create meaning? What does this specific piece of the production suggest about the production as a whole?

· Issues of Diversity: Examine the politics of the play by choosing an issue of diversity (such as race,

ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, disability) and evaluating its depiction. How does the play’s depiction reinforce or challenge conventional (traditional) understandings of the issue under examination? What does this particular issue under examination suggest about the play as a whole?

Do not let the above prompts limit your response; rather, use them to inspire, expand, and deepen your thinking about the play and its production.

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II. Format

Follow MLA style guidelines: MLA Sample Paper. You paper must contain your name, the course number, your recitation instructor’s name, and the date, formatted per the example provided. MLA guidelines can be found at ( http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ ).

· Give your paper a creative title.

· Italicize play titles. They do not belong in “quotation marks.”

· When talking about a production that you have seen, use the past tense.

· You should name each artist whose work you are discussing.

· This is a scholarly paper. Use a formal voice. Avoid slang. Writing should be polished— your grade for presentation includes grammar, syntax, and spelling.

· Proofread. Your writing should be free of typos, misspellings, and other mistakes.

· If you use any sources, be sure to include a citation. This applies to the dramaturg’s program note. Here is the general format for citing a show’s program:

Program Notes. Name of Play by Playwright. Producing Company. Location. Date you saw the show.

SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS

· Upload your production analysis paper and include the image file of your signed ticket stub or program at the end of your paper (in Word or PDF format only) to the correct Carmen Production Analysis assignment. We reserve the right to refuse late or emailed papers.

· Failure to turn in your paper in a readable format will result in a loss of points.

NOTE: This is an individual, not a collaborative assignment. The essay you turn in should be your own work. In this course, we use Turnitin originality check on all written work. Avoid plagiarism!

III. Other Tips

Be honest! You do not have to express any particular opinion just to try to please your instructor. But remember, you must support your opinions using specific examples and thoughtful analysis about the production. It is not enough just to have an opinion, positive or negative. You must tell your reader why. Talk about what really interested or excited you about the production!

Grading Rubric:

5 pts A Design Element 5 pts Point of Interest 5pts Issues of Diversity

5pts Presentation (organization, grammar, etc.)

5 pts Proof of Attendance and proper credit to production crew and actors

IV. Grading Rubric 25 points

Criteria

5

Sophisticated

(Paper goes above and beyond the assignment)

4

Skilled

(Paper successfully fulfills the parameters of the

assignment)

3

Competent

(Paper fully meets the parameters of the assignment)

2

Fairly Competent

(Paper does not address some aspects of the assignment)

1

Not Yet Competent

(Paper does not address the assignment)

0

No Marks

(Paper demonstrates no effort to fulfill the assignment)

Design

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This paper contains

The ideas in this

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exemplary examination

contains a strong

an adequate

a lackluster

paper are

fulfill the

of a production design

examination of a

examination of a

examination of a

unfocused,

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production design

production design

underdeveloped,

presents specific and

element. The

element. The writer

element. The writer

and/or

compelling examples to

writer presents

presents relevant

engages in

unconvincing.

support his/her aesthetic

specific examples

examples to support

description rather

Argument is

interpretation. The

to support his/her

his/her aesthetic

than analysis. The

repetitive and

argument clearly and

aesthetic

interpretation. The

argument consists

provides no critical

compellingly articulates

interpretation. The

argument articulates

of opinions rather

insight.

how the design choices

argument clearly

how the design

than critical insights

create context and

articulates how the

choices create

that articulate how

meaning in the world of

the play.

design choices create context and

meaning in the

world of the play.

design choices

create meaning.

meaning in the

world of the play.

Point of

The writer choses an

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This paper failed to

Interest

exceedingly compelling

an interesting

an important aspect

betrays a lack of

an insignificant

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aspect of the production

aspect of the

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interest in the

aspect of the

requirement.

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production to

examine. He/She

production. He/She

production to

demonstrates keen

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demonstrates

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insight about the

ideas are unfocused,

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underdeveloped,

aspect of production.

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aspect of the

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and/or

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production. Little

unconvincing.

and compellingly

aspect of the

argument articulates

effort is made to

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articulates how this

production. The

how this point of

connect this aspect

repetitive and

point of interest informs

argument clearly

interest informs the

of the production

provides no critical

the play as a whole.

articulates how this point of

play as a whole.

back to the play as a

whole.

insight.

interest informs

the play as a

whole.

Issue of

This paper contains an

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The ideas in this

This paper failed to

Diversity

exemplary examination

contains a strong

an adequate

a lackluster

paper are

fulfill the

of an issue of diversity.

examination of an

examination of an

examination of an

unfocused,

requirement.

The writer presents

issue of diversity.

issue of diversity.

issue of diversity.

underdeveloped,

specific and compelling

The writer

The writer presents

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and/or

examples to support

presents specific

relevant examples

in description rather

unconvincing.

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examples to

to support his/her

than analysis. The

Argument is

of the play’s politics.

support his/her

critical analysis of

argument consists

repetitive and

The argument clearly

critical analysis of

the play’s politics.

of opinions rather

provides no critical

and compellingly

the play’s politics.

The argument

than critical insights

insight.

articulates how the

The argument

articulates how the

that articulate how

play’s politics inform

clearly articulates

play’s politics

the play’s politics

the play as a whole.

how the play’s politics inform the

inform the play as a

whole.

inform the play as a

whole.

play as a whole.

Presentation

This paper is written in

This paper is

This paper is

This paper is not

This paper has all of

This paper has all of

formal language,

written in formal

written in formal

written in formal

the following

the following

consistently uses strong

language,

language. It

language and is

problems: informal

problems: informal

and varied sentence

consistently uses

attempts to use

hindered by one or

tone and language;

tone and language;

structure, and employs

strong and varied

varied sentence

more of the

poor organization;

poor organization;

precise and

sentence structure,

structure and

following:

awkward sentence

awkward sentence

unambiguous wording

and employs

precise and

disjointed/illogical

structure; imprecise

structure; imprecise

and coherent and logical

precise and

unambiguous

organization;

wording; grammar,

wording; grammar,

organization. The

unambiguous

wording. The

confusing sentence

spelling,

spelling,

writing demonstrates

wording and

writing

structure; imprecise

punctuation, and

punctuation, and

clear enthusiasm for the

coherent and

demonstrates care

or ambiguous

formatting errors.

formatting errors.

topic. All sentences are

logical

for the topic. The

wording; grammar,

complete and

organization. The

paper had one or

spelling,

grammatical. Paper has

writing

more of the

punctuation, and

been spell-checked and

demonstrates an

following problems:

formatting errors.

proofread, and has no

interest in the

organization was

punctuation or

topic. The paper is

difficult to follow;

formatting errors.

generally free of

contained multiple

grammar, spelling,

spelling, grammar,

punctuation, and

punctuation, and

formatting errors.

formatting errors.

Proof of Attendance and proper credit to production crew and actors

This paper provides proof of attendance that is submitted correctly and gives proper credit to all artists included in the paper.

This paper provides proof of attendance and give proper credit to the artists included in the paper.

This paper either does not provide proof of attendance or fails to give proper credit to some of the artists included in the paper.

This paper either does not provide proof of attendance or fails to give proper credit to most of the artists included in the paper.

This paper either does not provide proof of attendance or give proper credit to the artists involved in the production.

This paper fails to provide proof of attendance and fails to give proper credit to the artists discussed in the paper.