Standardized citations in a format like MLA or APA.
- Please apply 3 concepts from the course to your choice of a performance.
For example, script or text, character transformations, direction, acting, design (scenic, lighting, costume, sound), etc. - Reference directly at least 2 readings assigned during Weeks 1-3.
(*Any one chapter by Wilson & Goldfarb or by Campbell may count as one separate reading.) - Your paper should offer a clear thesis, which can be an argument about the show’s success. In other words, please write more than an evaluation of whether you “liked” the show or not. Consider instead some of the following questions:
What does the show attempt to “do” for its audience?
How successful is the production? By which criteria?
How do the production’s distinct theatrical elements contribute to the overall success of the show?
If necessary, include only a brief summary of the plot. Focus instead on the “live” performance aspects and on artistic choices.
Include as many details for the production as may be available (the production company’s name, date of the show, etc.), and please include a link to view the video, if it’s not a performance listed below.
We’ve listed links below to view performances for free. You may select one of the links below, or choose any other recording of a live event (*not film or TV) if it is available as a live performance filmed for the screen, in its entirety, in good quality resolution and audio.
Possible performances to watch include:
The National Theatre, London
Free plays, starting every Thursday @ 12pm PST a performance will stream and be made available for the following 7 days
https://www.youtube.com/user/ntdiscovertheatre/
12 Streamable Plays That Depict Black Lives Pierced by Racism
NY Times article with information: https://nyti.ms/37qCKnl
The Shows Must Go On
Free musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://www.youtube.com/theshowsmustgoon
Show available weekly (from 7pm BST) for 48-hours
Met Opera
Free streaming operas posted daily with English subtitles
https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera
Each show available weekly (from 7pm BST) for 48-hours
Alvin Ailey All Access
Free streaming dance performances on a rotating schedule
https://www.alvinailey.org/performances-tickets/ailey-all-access
Rimini Protokoll
German-based theater company, known for innovative integrations of technology
Free. Available anytime: https://vimeo.com/339074946
Young Jean Lee’s Archive (playwright discussed in Lecture 2) features several full length productions, including the plays Church, The Shipment, Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven, and We’re Gonna Die
https://youngjeanlee.org/work