ENGL 150 - Play Production (3)

This course will entail producing a play from the ground up, at a theatre, before live audiences. It will include the following activities: (1) reading a variety of plays, and from those readings, selecting the play we will do; (2) making arrangements with a local theatre for the terms and dates of production; (3) announcing and holding open auditions; (4) casting the play as well as assigning other functions to individuals or teams, e.g. stage manager(s), set designer(s), set construction (tear down), costume, props, make- up, publicity, lights, sounds, etc., each student in the class taking a role, on stage or behind the scenes, in the production; (5) rehearsing the play, which will entail lessons in acting and all other facets of play production; (6) performing the play; (7) discussing and critiquing the experience; and (8) writing an essay on some facet of the production.