Question: Overview: This is your chance to experience in a modified, yet comprehensive manner, what various production decisions are made in the production of a play. For this assignment, you will choose one of the full-length plays we have read (The Bacchae, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Intimate Apparel; or The Laramie Project;) to serve as your foundational text. Then, you will develop a production concept, and give that concept form with the selection of various design images and a cast of well-known performers to create a sense of how your finished production might come together.
The Steps:
1. Choose your script from one of the full-length plays that we have read this term.
2. Spend some time considering all aspects of your production, and begin to develop your personal concept for your planned production.
3. To help you get to a concept, think about the following questions:
What is the main action of the play? What is its theme? Why perform this play now? What about it seems relevant to today? According to the script, where are we? When are we? What is the overall mood of the play? (creepy, festive, romantic, etc.)
4. Write out a statement of concept detailing what the play is about and how you plan to produce it. 300-350 words.
5. Select research images for both scenic and costume design, with a minimum of 5 images for each area of design, with each image labeled to explain your selection. As you consider images think not only about required stage action (something to sit upon), but also the quality of the objects/images chosen (look and feel) that support your choice.
7. Cast at least 4 roles within your show with well-known performers and explain your casting choices. (Feel free to cast the entire show if you wish) Provide an image of each selected artist, labeled with their name and the role they are being assigned. Explain in a sentence or two why this performer is right for the role.
8. Compile the required information into a single document (.docx, PDF, or PPT) file to upload to the Carmen site.
Materials to be submitted include
- Production concept: Written statement of 300-350 words in which you explain how you plan to approach this production. (Director)
- Design images: Minimum of 5 images for scenic design and 5 images for costume design for a minimum total of 10 images, each labeled with an explanation of the choice in support of your production. (Designer)
- Casting: A written cast list with role and actor identified, a labeled image of each actor/actress that you have chosen to cast, and a brief written explanation of why the chosen performer is right for the role. (Actor)