Guideline for Playgoing Report #2

NOTE: EACH PLAYGOING REPORT IS DIFFERENT. MAKE SURE TO USE THE CORRECT GUIDELINE FOR THE REPORT YOU ARE DOING. IF YOU USE THE WRONG GUIDELINE YOUR OVERALL GRADE ON THE REPORT WILL BE LOWERED 10 POINTS AUTOMATICALLY.

The plays you use for reports must have been seen no earlier than one month before the semester started. A play that you saw SEVEN months ago, for example, will not be accepted for these assignments.

Music concerts and Dance concerts cannot be used for these assignments. If you are not sure of the difference, email the instructor to ask.  

ABOUT THESE REPORTS:

The point of the Playgoing Reports is to

Connect what we are looking at in class to what you are watching and experiencing when you go to the theater.

Define what you will be posting and talking about in the Discussion thread.

When you are doing these reports, you don’t need to look at in the same way you would a term paper or an essay.  The guidelines I am giving you are pretty specific, but they are really intended to give a prompt for posts in the discussion thread.

Each Playgoing report will have a different focus to it, depending on what we are covering in class.

I encourage you, when you go see the play to take notes, and also make sure to grab a program. It’s a good reference to have, and I also might ask you to say specific things about it.

EPORT #2

In your post include:

The name of the Play

The name of the theater where you saw the play

The Date you saw the play

Style of Theater space; Thrust, Proscenium, Arena or something else (describe space if not one of these three)

State about how many people you think the theater seats. A rough guess is fine.

The Playwright’s name

The Director’s name

A very brief synopsis of what the play was about (two or three sentences at most)

Choose one of the actors in the show to focus on. Give a brief critique of their performance. This can be positive or negative. Respond to these two questions – Did you believe them? What did they do that was interesting or not interesting with their voice and their body?

What did you think about the direction?

What did you think about the overall style and feel of the show?