Dramaturgy Work

Objective Students will identify the basic history and practice of dramaturgy by preparing notes for an upcoming brief quiz.

Objective Students will begin a dramaturgical casebook by selecting and “glossing” a short one-act play.

Objective Students will identify “The World of the Play” by preparing a brief list of 15-20 items from their selected one-act plays as research possibilities for their casebooks.

Objective Students will demonstrate their ability to research the play and playwright by developing a bibliography and creating a biography for their playwright.

Objective Students will build a dramaturgical casebook by collecting articles, book chapters, online information, past performances of the production, visual images, historical and other pertinent information about the world of the play.

Objective Students will continue to build a dramaturgical casebook by collecting articles, book chapters, online information, past performances of the production, visual images, historical and other pertinent information that will aid director/designers/actors in visualizing and creating the world of the play.

Objective 1) Students will prepare questions to ask a dramaturg during a mock post-performance talk-back between an “audience” (classmates) and a dramaturg (themselves). 2) Students will continue to build a dramaturgical casebook by collecting articles, book chapters, online information, past performances of the production, visual images, historical and other pertinent information that will aid director/designers/actors in visualizing and creating the world of the play.

Objective Students will demonstrate ability to communicate the contextual ideas of their casebooks by hosting a mock post-performance talk-back between an “audience” (classmates) and a dramaturg (themselves.)