STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1.  Learn how to read play scripts silently and orally.

 2.  Interpret a script.

 3.  Analyze play structure in terms of plot (climactic, situational, episodic) Acts and themes, dramatic action, "beats," and character objectives..

 4.  Scripts may be chosen to represent various types; including, but not limited to: classical, contemporary, developmental (new, unpublished, unproduced works).

 5.  Present a full character analyses for a play.

 6.  Read a play in advance of a production of that same play and analyze the differences between the play as written and the play as performed.

 7.  View and critique a play in production.

 8.  Analyze and visualize a production in terms of setting, costuming, sound, and lighting.

 9.  Visualize stage movement in term of reading a play and introduce students to the idea of "blocking" and have them block out select pages from a play they are working on collectively.

 10. Present a production concept.

 11. Defend a production concept and evaluate other (presented) concepts.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Reading of scripts.

         A.      Read plays silently and orally with fluency,

         B.      Acquire techniques of reading dramatic literature.

 II.     Interpreting a play script.

         A.      Crystallize all elements of play structure and content as a basis for interpreting scripts.

         B.      Visualize a look, sound, and feel of a script as it could be brought to life on the stage.

         C.      Formulate a personal viewpoint about a script.

 III.    Concept project

         A.      Prepare class projects that illustrate a script.

         B.      Present the illustrative project in class, using visual and aural methods and explanations.

         C.      Defend interpretation of textual analysis that led to the class presentation.

         D.      Critique one’s own project and other students; projects as presented in class.