Theatre performance response

You will be required to purchase a ticket for ($5/students) and attend a performance of the Fall Theatre production (dates below). You will then write a 3-4 page analysis paper focusing on two (2) of the actors’ performances, utilizing concepts and vocabulary covered in the course.

· Review/critique the production, utilizing concepts and vocabulary introduced in the course.

· Note any deviations from your idea of what a "standard" production is and try to find a good explanation for that deviation. (Do you think the director is trying to "say" something new or different? Is the show different from what you expected?)

· Consider some of the following:

· Why the choice of costumes, and why the set design?

· How did the actors deliver their lines/songs (seriously, comically, realistically, formally)? Were there any significant actions or gestures that contributed to the play's meaning?

· Were any "special effects" utilized (consider lighting, sound, audience participation, machinery)?

· What kind of stage does the director have at their disposal? What kinds of restrictions does the stage impose on the director concerning movement and set design?

· Focus on two (2) of the actors’ performances, utilizing concepts and vocabulary covered in the course.

· Describe important elements of the production and evaluate them.

· Did you like the production?  Why or why not?  

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