Offers lecture and practice in the organization and specific skills necessary for the public performance of one-act plays including the areas of acting, assistant directing, stage management, publicity, and house management.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
This course is designed to offer practical experience in the process of play production, specifically with a short work, either as an introduction to some aspect of the process for the student or as a way of focusing on a particular aspect of the process. Specific elements of application are presented by the instructor in lecture, lecture/demonstration, laboratory experience environment, culminating in approximately eight (8) public performances.
- Auditions
Apply procedures to auditions appropriate for one-act play production.
- Production Meetings
Employ management skills appropriate for one-act play production.
- Casting
Apply procedures to auditions appropriate for one-act play production.
- Schedules
Apply procedures to rehearsals appropriate for one-act play production.
- Blocking
Apply procedures to rehearsals appropriate for one-act play production.
- Prompt Books
Apply procedures to rehearsals appropriate for one-act play production.
Assessment and Requirements
A rubric that evaluates a student's:
- ability to meet deadlines.
- ability to work well with others.
- effectiveness of communication with instructors and fellow students.
- ability to work independently as well as in small groups.
- knowledge and understanding of playscript in relationship to director’s and designer’s concepts.
- knowledge and understanding of playscript in relationship to rehearsal/technical rehearsal/performance process.
- quality of procedural process participation: meetings, notes, work calls, lectures, technical rehearsals, performances, and strike.